Well, I've got one of those. You know, one of those kids whose favorite show is anything on the National Geographic Channel. Why do I call Max "one of those"? Because I was not. I do not get it. I think the National Geographic Channel is for really smart people or something because just the sound of any of the narrator's voices on that channel are like nails on a chalkboard to me. I think it reminds me of Science class as a kid. Every Friday we watched some National Geographic Documentary and it was BORING! So it's not that Max is strange or bizarre or weird (a word that Atticus thinks is a compliment), it's just that he is smart. He probably actually looks forward to Science on Fridays.