A student was left shocked when they discovered former Fortnite pro Kyle ‘Mongraal’ Jackson was featured as part of an exercise in their English textbook.
Ever since Mongraal effectively retired from competing in Fortnite, the once-young English prodigy has switched up his esports career to pursue content creation.
Instead, he can be often found streaming on Twitch or regularly pumping out videos on YouTube for Fortnite. Following a break, he has returned to stream the game after its record-breaking rise in popularity off the back of Season OG.
However, he has now gone viral after a student found him featured inside their English textbook as part of one of their tasks.
Student shocked after discovering Fortnite legend Mongraal in her English textbook
Fortnite player and creator Eympra asked: “Why is Mongraal in my English book?” as they were left shocked to discover one of the exercises in the textbook was centered around the iconic Fortnite star.
The task referenced a throwback to his achievement of being one of the youngest professional esports players of all time: “In 2018, Kyle Jackson(UK) ______ the youngest professional Fortnite gamer at the age of 13.”
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Students then have to fill in the blank with one of the verbs shown above the sentence, making sure to use the correct tense, as seen in the photo below.
why is mongraal in my english book?? 😭 pic.twitter.com/lF9lRserqk
— Moon Eympra (@Eympra) January 17, 2024
Mongraal’s surprise reference soon went viral on Twitter/X, as many fans couldn’t believe it. “There’s no way right?” One user commented, as another responded: “This is actually wild.”
While some couldn’t even figure out the answer to the somewhat easy question: “Why do none of the options fit the first one?” As a user explained: “you’d have to conjugate the past tense, so in this case ‘become’ would be ‘became.'”
With the Fortnite’s Mongraal appearing in educational textbooks, it just show how far professional gaming has became in regards to entering the mainstream. This has also rang true for creators, such as KSI who has had his rise to fame being taught in British schools.