"The qualifications of that new teacher with only a high school diploma are unclear to them.
But they are clear about Dominic Lambert's caliber.
He was a competitor who could win a gold medal in the world's top mathematical Olympiad competitions, a genius who represented Summerland's youth in international contests and, moreover, claimed the gold medal with a perfect score.
A perfect score, what does that even mean?
Throughout the entire history of global math competitions, there have only been a handful of geniuses who left with a perfect score.
Dominic Lambert is the king of study buffs among them, a god-like presence in academia.
Not to mention, they had heard Dominic had already started assisting the professors with their project research during his freshman year.
Such treatment is an elevation they could labor their whole lives for and still not achieve.
Therefore.