Spy x Family Chapter 93 Discussion

Only Anya can achive a Stella star and a Tonitrous bolt at the same time!

Makes you wonder when Anya's knowledge on that subject will be explained. Also, do those finals mean Anya moved on to her next grade?

@curvedtree I think she's still gonna be in the same grade; they're just moving to the next semester.

@marquinti2 Mid terms happen within a semester? Because Damian already got a Stella Star during midterms.
So if there are 2 mid terms and 2 finals, each per semester, in a total of 4 exams per year, multiplied by the total amount of subjects 8 and that the top 2 students per grade get a Stellar Star:

8 subjects * 2 mid terms * 2 finals * 2 the top 2 get a Stella Star = 64 chances to get a Stella per year.

If Eden school has 10 grades, students have 640 chances to get 8 Stella Star and be members of the Imperial Scholars, isn't it a bit easy? Specially considering there are other ways to get Stella Stars too, sure it won't be as common as saving someone (like Anya's 1st star) or acts of bravery ( like Anya's 2nd star), but still 640 chances to get 8 stars seems a bit low?

@curvedtree Yes, midterms can happen within a semester (in some countries). Based on my Canadian academic experience (even if my college experience occurred about 4-5 years ago), one semester is 4 months: we have one midterm exam and one final exam. When I attended college during an academic year, I was taking 2 midterms and 2 finals for one school year.

In any case, your mathematical analysis is amazing! I didn't even think of it that way considering I don't take classes anymore. (As an adult, I don't care that much anymore about academics. My work/job comes first so money comes in to my bank so that I can pay the mortgage, pay grocery bills, pay electricity, water, and other needs).

Anyhow, yes, you are correct: Anya, Damian, and all other Eden College students have 64 academic chances per year (or 640 chances from Grade 1 to Grade 10) to obtain either a Stella or a Tonitrus (not counting extra curricular chances, volunteer opportunities, and the likes).

It's not easy because students have to compete for a limited number of Stellas (8 Stellas) for a duration (example: one semester, one academic year, etc.)

It's also not a "bit low" because as students make their way up from Grade 1 to Grade 10, only a handful of students will remain motivated to obtain Stellas. The others who have been demotivated in their early elementary years might fall off the academic ladder. ☹️ They might have obtained Tonitrus Bolts as a 1st grader, 2nd grader, etc. Others might have received expulsion (like that student that was expelled because he forgot his handkerchief).

There are many factors to consider before concluding the number of chances students have to obtain Stellas. But, what is important is this: as the students move onto the next grade, they undergo a bottleneck wherein fewer students become more qualified to earn Stellas. The fewer number of students will still compete against each other, but the same Stella/Tonitrus Bolt criteria (number of rules) will be applied to them.

Finally she got a stella in a subject, but tonitrus too at the same time, ofc only Anya can do this.

Demitrus's line monologues are pretty suspicious tbh, maybe due to experiments or he knows telepaths are exist and force himself to think nothing. I think when Anya meet with Donovan for the first time she won't able to read his mind.
And classical langueage's first student is probably will appear in the near chapters. Maybe an another experimental child or refugee from Anya's hometown, maybe due to classical language they can get along well

Loid’s reaction to Anya getting both a Stella and a Tonitrus was so great.

@marquinti2 Damian's brother gets 8 by being top 2, doesn't he? So I wonder if, besides showing academic prowess, the Imperial Scholars have even their own ways of measuring their own capacities or if they keep competing for Stella Stars, but wouldn't it be kinda "lame" to compete with "commoners" as well? Wouldn't it be better to have a next grade kind of Stella? Or maybe I'm just looking too much into it and we won't even get to see Anya go that far in school.

Man his brother looks like he hasn't slept in years. I wonder if there's anyone normal in his family? Probably not.

Also did Anya's mind reading ability not work at first because he was too far away or just because the older brother is normally just not thinking anything?

Also also is the name Arnold Crowley going to be important?

Unexpected, yet incredible progress.
I did not think Anya would pass on practically every subject and even be the second highest of her grade for classical literature.
She must have been forced taught that while she was a telepath subject.
Funny she tired herself out and failed math though, so she got 1 Stella for being top 2 in a subject, but a tonitrus bolt for being one of the worst failures in math.

Interesting to finally see Desmond's older brother, who was top 2 in five subjects of his grade.
Although, he's cold and unloving, as one who's been forced in his studies by his father to be the best, so Anya sees how he doesn't understand people by reading his mind.

He's as ugly as his father though.
Fortunately Desmond and the mother don't have that creepy look.
Otherwise, hilarious reactions from Anya.

@marquinti2 Mid terms happen within a semester? Because Damian already got a Stella Star during midterms.
So if there are 2 mid terms and 2 finals, each per semester, in a total of 4 exams per year, multiplied by the total amount of subjects 8 and that the top 2 students per grade get a Stellar Star:

8 subjects * 2 mid terms * 2 finals * 2 the top 2 get a Stella Star = 64 chances to get a Stella per year.

If Eden school has 10 grades, students have 640 chances to get 8 Stella Star and be members of the Imperial Scholars, isn't it a bit easy? Specially considering there are other ways to get Stella Stars too, sure it won't be as common as saving someone (like Anya's 1st star) or acts of bravery ( like Anya's 2nd star), but still 640 chances to get 8 stars seems a bit low?

@curvedtree
Is that 640 chances for a single student?

@RioFS Maybe a better term would have been "opportunity", each student has 64 opportunities per year (640 is because I assumed there are 10 grades) to get a Stella Star by academic achievement.