User blog comment:Thomperfan/Pasture Bedtime (my version)/@comment-31563773-20180710003838/@comment-32173189-20180710032103

@Thomperfan

It might be a cartoon, but it is not completely devoid of reality. The Mad Scientist showed that Lisa, despite being very intelligent for her age is still just a kid and is not entirely self-sufficient or completely detached from her family as she might seem.

Lets say the show had an episode that focused on a kid in Lincoln's class who was held back. He might he or she might try to make it seem like it's no big deal but the episode would likely show the kid is dealing with issues of low self-esteem and the social stigmata of being held back and not advancing with the rest of their class and possibly trying to advance to rid themselves of those problems.

If your character has flunked fifth grade four times, I'm pretty sure the other kids in his class and age group would be wondering why he has difficultly graduating from elementary school.