"I cannot do my work in good conscience, ma'am. If I were such a good student, coupled with my natural intellect, I would very quickly create the equivalent of a monopoly; or at best an oligopoly where the less gifted are not able to compete, much less excel. By refusing to do my homework, I am stimulating competition among my classmates, and by extension my schoolmates, spurring everyone on towards the best possible outcome in both quantitative and qualitative dimensions."
But Timmy knew that Miss Harris would never take him seriously. So he just shrugged and said "I forgot" instead.
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