Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140910035928/@comment-6383956-20140916175746

Paul, you're continuously holding onto the idea that Malia is well-written. And your knowledge of what defines a "feral child" is... uhm.... non-existent? You can be feral and still speak English. A feral child is a child who missed major social developments due to being outside civilization. Malia Tate is feral. (Or else she wouldn't be willing to leave Kira and Lydia behind to die.) The writers just have no concept of how that situation should be handled (throwing her in general population at Eichen House, and then putting her in with everyone her age in high school? It makes zero sense.) and so they only use it when they see fit to or when they can get a laugh out of it. Its very inconsistent.

And, okay, fourth grade math is just BARELY fractions. She does not have the basis to be in a junior math class. Especially since basic algebra is freshman math in high school. Lydia, who is a genius remember, is not in a basic algebra class. We're look at either basic calculus or maybe trigonometry. Fourth grade math isn't gonna cut it.