Prince Frederick: I graduated military academy with no honors or accolades, much to my father's exasperation.
King Leland: "How could you get such pathetic grades?! What's the point of reading all those books if you're not even gonna be smart??!
Frederick: And I continued to sink in comparison to my brothers in terms of achievements, popularity, and pretty much my entire worth as a prince. But make no mistake. I chose to remain down there. Why should I work hard to impress people who never supported me? If everyone was going to look down on me, then I decided that I'd look down on everyone and everything first.
King Leland: "How could you get such pathetic grades?! What's the point of reading all those books if you're not even gonna be smart??!
Frederick: And I continued to sink in comparison to my brothers in terms of achievements, popularity, and pretty much my entire worth as a prince. But make no mistake. I chose to remain down there. Why should I work hard to impress people who never supported me? If everyone was going to look down on me, then I decided that I'd look down on everyone and everything first.
"I think what we have on our hands here is a classic case of what Laymen referred to as 'fear of failure'; as a result, Bart is an underachiever, and yet he seems to be... how should I put this... proud of it?"
—Dr. Pryor, The Simpsons
