Ratos-a- De Academia - Apr 2026

“Excuse me,” Alba whispered. “Did you just grade my student’s paper?”

“Page one hundred forty-two: ‘The verb ‘to be’ in Mycenaean Linear B…’—incorrect. The dative plural is missing the iota subscript. Fail. ” RATOS-A- DE ACADEMIA -

Alba became their reluctant collaborator. She brought them cheese rinds and, in return, they alerted her to grade inflation scandals, falsified data, and one memorable occasion when a visiting scholar tried to pass off a Wikipedia article as his own research. (The rats ate his laptop cable at 3 AM, then gnawed the word “FRAUD” into his leather briefcase.) “Excuse me,” Alba whispered