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Item #: SCP-XXXX
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: No action has yet been decided on by Foundation Officials on what to do about SCP-XXXX in schools and whether it is worth it to remove SCP-XXXX from schools. It is being debated how to deal with an extremely noticeable sudden closure of an estimated ██% of schools across all continents (excluding Antarctica).
Description:
SCP-XXXX Has the appearance of a linoleum tile. Schools with floors of SCP-XXXX have been found in schools on every continent. It is unclear whether SCP-XXXX is all of the tiles as one entity, or if each tile is it's own being acting together under a hive mind. Foundation Staff were sent to study the floors of schools in ██████ ███, ███████, ████████ and ████████ where evidence of SCP-XXXX had been found. They had studied the floors and taken samples of tiles. Researchers found that SCP-XXXX contains linseed oil, pine rosin, cork dust, and calcium carbonate. However, the researchers found one deviation in the normal composition. All researched instances of SCP-XXXX contain a small amount of human brain matter.
The only anomalous property of SCP-XXXX is that it has a memetic effect on people in the building, specifically staff members and students, that makes them feel uninterested in their activities. Foundation staff was unable to find a reason as to why the tiling has this effect as the brain matter inside SCP-XXXX is too small to function as a brain.
Tests were performed on multiple D-Class where Foundation staff had placed the D-Class with several tasks while in a room with a floor of SCP-XXXX. The D-Class were compared to another set of subjects tested without the presence of SCP-XXXX. The majority of tasks involved schoolwork from multiple different grade levels and different subjects. All D-Class that were tested with SCP-XXXX had hindered performance on the assignments. As the tests became longer and the time became later, the D-Class had harder times performing, and in some cases had fallen asleep. In some cases, D-Class had rushed through multiple choice questions without regard to the answers even in cases that the questions were designed to be impossible to get wrong. The results and observations of these tests qualified as evidence enough to show that the memetic effect strengthens over time. With the average school day for a child/teen in middle and high school being ~7 hours, this effect could greatly hinder the students' learning and performance.
