Delusional Duet: Test
It. Is. Back.
Jessica is smart, mind you, just crazy and has no interest being shoved into the spotlight if she ever gets noticed by others. She'll take Teletubbies re-runs over staying in after school for the debate team practice. And I'll show evidence of her intelligence in later comics, I promise.
This is based on the actions of three classmates of mine, who would deliberately suck enough in Filipino to not go to regular Fil. But when the tests came, they would pull enough grades to pass but not get considered into going regular Filipino. It didn't work, sadly.
Why is Levine letting her do this? Simple: He loves her. She may blow up his wall and infect his laptop with the S Samuel L. Jackson virus, but he loves her enough to let her make her own choices when using her brains. That, or his crazy genes are affecting him at this time.
