I have a question regarding the game: Is Derek a (gifted) academic genius in your opinion?
We never see him study, and yet he seems to pass his classes easily.
There was a Disney sitcom some years ago—the writing on those shows is usually shit, but every blue moon they actually have a good joke in there—in which one of the characters confessed to “cheating” on his history test. He was pretty sure he was gonna fail it, so the night before, he went through the textbook, found all the answers to all the questions which might be on the test, and memorized them.
“Dude,” replied his friend, “that’s
studying.”
“That’s not studying,” said the “cheater”; “I don’t understand history any better. I just know some names and dates. Until I forget them because I have to memorize
new names and dates.”
“That’s what everybody does,” reiterated the friend. “That’s studying.”
It’s a valid observation on our test-based educational system, but my point is Derek’s method of cheating might require some significant mnemonic skills which he’s not aware he has.
Then again, he couldn’t remember a single stripper’s name when asked, so it’s more likely he’s as dumb as a jar of snot.