<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=161759.msg7486802#msg7486802">Quote from: AribethAmkiir on 05-01-2013, 00:31:18</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It's not that she didn't do the work, but for example.  Dyllan is helping Jessica with math and she convinces him to simply let her copy his work, or gets Red to take the lead in Home Ec and buys all the ingredients Red needs.  She walks the line not wanting anyone to know she's smart, so she'd purposefully change answers to something wrong if she copied Dylan's work.  It'd raise eyebrows, and more importantly, not be cool if she got a 100%, in her view.<br/><br/>I don't know that Jessica would've asked Max for help.  Max is the class clown, after all.  It's very unlikely anyone would turn to him for help.  I thought he tried to hide his intelligence behind jokes.  Did I get confused?  <br/><br/>They could've been paired together in Psychology or Philosophy (think we decided they were in both together).  That could be a source of tension between them.  <br/><br/>Being the class clown, I don't think Max needs much reason to play a joke on someone.  Just has to worry about the repercussions of a poorly timed joke or a joke that goes too far. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>It's not that he tries to hide it, it's more-so that the typical kid dismisses his intellect because of his nature.  it's incidental, rather than intentional.<br/><br/>Edit: Oi, I'm tired. Missed the line about psych/philosophy. I think having them paired together in philosophy would be interesting.