to solve this. Baffled, the entire class releases
whispers. The teacher tells him he can sit
back down now. When Lip sits down embarrassed, he realizes something. The wish he
made in his dream came true. For the first
time his thoughts were not pushing him into a
black hole of depression. Although he lacked
the ability to understand and think clearly, he
was happy. He was content. As it turns out,
you cannot be intelligent if you are happy,
and if you are intelligent, you will always be
stuck in the pursuit of happiness.
mirror in panic. He notices the time and realizes he needs to get ready for school. .
Quickly, he dresses up and runs out the
front door without eating breakfast. After he
gets to class he feels anxious, so he sits next
to a window. Some time passes, and he zones
out while looking at birds from the view. The
teacher calls on him, but he does not respond.
She calls again, and asks him to solve the
problem on the board. Puzzled, he slowly
gets up without confidence or any desire to
do work. Bewildered, he looks at the board
and for the first time says, I do not know how
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