I didn't agree with the ending, however. Geniuses don't decide to conform in order to fit in. They're too smart for that.
He was a nice guy, odd as that sounds. Just befuddled I guess, he knew all the social niceties because he was raised that way, but when it came to fellow high school students as peers who didn’t play by those rules, he was clueless and so he resorted to studying the situation in order to succeed. Success had always been expected of him. He carried the pressure of that well enough. Usual teen stuff blew his mind, though.
I question so-called geniuses who reject that God exists. The brain could be sharp but the soul might be sick. Man does not live by brain alone.
But being a dumb-dumb is a no-no.