There's a new trend on social media that involves athletes and final exams

Who cares about getting an education when you can get a retweet?

It appears that many students can get out of taking final exams if a certain athletes respond to their request on Twitter for a retweet.

And now this seems to be a trend on the social media tool.

Kobe Bryant actually came through for a student on Thursday.

Hope you have an A in this class https://t.co/ABKeJSHPZc
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) May 18, 2017

Aaron Rodgers did the same on Friday.

I'm sure a sports lit final is very important, but here you go....#PayItForwardFriday https://t.co/Kj9pMwMDlT
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) May 19, 2017

@AaronRodgers12 our teacher agreed to not give us a final in sports lit if you retweet this! PLEASE RETWEET SHE IS YOUR BIGGEST FAN!🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/w4WrU2BlUf
— Peyton Meyer (@peytonmeyer22) May 19, 2017

A quick search of Twitter shows that Kobe and Rodgers are just two of many athletes who have been hit up with similar pleas.

@derekcarrqb If you retweet this, our physics teacher won't give us a final. PLEASE RETWEET. pic.twitter.com/sBbZP3pWLs
— Bruce (@just__bruce) May 19, 2017

@DezBryant my teacher agreed that if you retweet this, we all get automatic 100s on our final! Pleasee hook it up #ThrowuptheX
— $ (@ChecoEspinoza23) May 19, 2017

@JohnWall If you retweet this I'll get exempted from my geometry final...
— Alboh (@vintageboh) May 19, 2017

Memo to teachers across the country: The real challenge would be to get a follow, not a retweet. A retweet seems like a fairly easy task to get out of final exams.