Clementine Not So Smart?
I found it funny that in the beginning of the game, Clementine tells us that she is eight years old, but later (on the farm), she mentions she is in first grade. Guess she's not too bright because most first graders are six, and a few are seven. She must have been held back.
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My wife and I started my son late because he was so tiny.. and now he is a full year older then all his classmates... (still smaller than them too even with him being a year older)
That said he WAS still just 7 when he was a first grader... While I am talking about my kid.. he just tested in the top 10% in our state for reading and math.. and our state has the second highest scores in the country.. so my 3rd grader is probably smarter than I am LOL.... so proud.
Did one playthrought with that off and another with Ui on and yea it popped up
I think she was adopted. She doen't look like her parents at all. Maybe she wasn't put in a good school until the Marshes got her?
Actually she was kicked out of school 2 years ago and is now homeschooled, after repeatedly hitting other kids with a hammer.
She still tells people she is in first grade though
That being said, Clementine actually does seem smart. (figuring out very quickly that the zombies can't climb, managing to survive for a few days by herself, saying first grade is easy, figuring out that the cane would probably be able to hold the door etc. etc.) So that can't be the reason. She also didn't strike me as a child that could be very energetic in class so that can't be the reason either. Maybe her parents moved around a lot?
*I might be off by a year and lying to you right now, though.
Last time I checked, I didn't think I was an idiot. Verification?
Verified.
Some cultures "count their years". For those in Computer Science, they know what I mean.
'We' as North Americans tend to say a person who was born 13 years ago is 13 (years old), but some cultures would say they are 14 because they are in their 14th year. Maybe Clementine is asian. That or the developers messed up.
them because she was too young,and when she met Lee she didn't want to
be left alone,so she lied about her age or it could be what Jake said.
*Sing Song Voice* Somebody Rented Orphan instead of The Orphanage on Netflix
Actually I was started late in school. But scored in the top 2% of the nation for my ACT and SAT tests, and have maintained extremely close to a 4.0 average throughout my years at university, so intelligence is not lacking. My mother decided to start me later because I was hyperactive as a child and she wanted me to calm down a bit before putting me into that environment.
There are many valid reasons, other than lack of intelligence, for which a child may have started later in school.
That's Lee's assumption.
so he's the one who's behind.
look at his face, so uncertain...
Or She might have been sick for a while that dress she wears looks like the same thing sickly girls in horror movies wear
She was held back for throttling the last person who questioned her intelligence.
She was so intelligent she actually made the teachers feel stupid so it's their attempt at revenge. But remember what happened when Arnold Rimmer was held back in an alternate universe.... What a Guy
or her family moves around often
True enough
moves around to do their medical research
dun dun duunnnnn
Kirkman doesn't reveal the cause of his zombie apocalypse, nor the specifics of how or why the virus works exactly. The show talks about the basic brain function but I don't think it mentions what kind of virus it is either.
Would def be interesting if some of that news breaks in the game tho! Maybe her parents worked for the CDC
well maybe we will find out as the plot progresses. Heck maybe the Dev's taking all our opinions and thoughts into account and sifting the gold
Whoa, that looks like me! I was also small all growing up, until 10th grade where I hit a 1 foot growth spurt. So he's got that to look forward to!
I was also 8 in first grade, due to having a summer birthday. I wasn't old enough by a certain date required to start kindegarten so had to wait a year.
You could also end up being 8 in the first grade if you started at 7 and had your birthday anywhere between august-may. In fact, it could even be the summer and Clem would still say she's in first grade despite the fact that she has completed the year. Kids don't always understand abstract things like titles.