Newt Hailsham | District Four {WIP}

"How are you so smart?" they've asked me. In response, I simply give them a smile and a shrug. It's true, my intelligence is beyond what most people can seem to attain for themselves, but I don't let that give me too much confidence. I'm smart enough to know that anyone who fills themselves with over-confidence doesn't get very far in life. Although I do have confidence in my abilities, I don't let that control me. I use logic to live my life, and don't let myself get into any dangerous or stupid situations as long as I can help it. If I can control whether or not something bad happens to me, I avoid the negativity.

The thing is, when I give that smile and shrug in response to where my intellect comes from, it's not that I don't know. It's just that I simply don't feel like sharing my answer. If one can't figure out where to obtain intelligence for themselves, do they truly deserve to have it? I hate ignorant people, as they truly will never understand how the world works, and therefore just spiral the world's progress backwards and into the ground once more. I obtain my intelligence from my studies. I work hard to learn everything I can, even if it's not always required of me. I go beyond what I'm required to learn and I teach myself other things. My collection of books is very large and could even be considered outrageous. No matter how many books I have, though, I have one notebook that I carry everywhere with me.

This notebook is where I document my thoughts. If I have something that I need to remember for later, it goes in this notebook. All of my to-do lists go in here, too. Anything that I think might be important knowledge for a later date will go in here. On the off chance that someone tries to take my notebook from me or read it over my shoulder, though, I will show that I am more than just smart. I'm strong, too. I've picked up some skills in the department of self-defense, and I've trained myself to use them properly. Even though there's not really official career training in my school curriculum, I'd still consider myself to be a career, due to the amount of learning and training I've done on my own.

I'm not afraid to take down those that oppose me. I'm usually somewhat solitary, as most people don't know how to get on my good side and I'll often snap at those that annoy me, which is done rather easily. I'm a very irritable person. With my strength and intellect, you have to have some sort of skills of your own for me to find you to be worth my time. Newt Hailsham doesn't waste his time with the unworthy.