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Assignment Tracker 2.0/Matt Neuenberg
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Though from an average, middle-class family living a fairly typical American suburb, Matt Neuenberg never felt like he fit in, even before first manifesting his ability at the age of 12. His extreme shyness and awkward manner in social situations made it difficult for him to form friendships. By the time he reached high school, he was a self-professed "loner," even if not by choice, with a heavily cynical attitude toward high school and suburban life in general.
Because of his ability to absorb massive amounts of information, he never developed any particular interests or hobbies of his own. His existence consisted, for the most part, of school and a home life spent largely alone in his bedroom absorbed more and more knowledge of the world, knowledge he never put to any real use other than mastery of schoolwork.
Neuenberg suffers from a common dilemma among teenagers: he likes to see himself as being "special" or different while at the same time he has internalized an almost desperate need to be liked and to fit in among his peers. Unlike an average teenager, Neuenberg is different as his brain can consume and retain vast amounts of information.
Rather then embrace this ability and use it to his advantage, he has internalized it as yet "one other thing" that makes him different from his peer group. This has manifested itself as a cynical attitude and immediate lack of trust upon encountering someone new. In another contradiction, he sees every new person as a possible friend, even if he immediately doesn't trust him or her.
These contradictions have made him quiet, introspective, and fearful of the world at large. Even though he has the brain capacity and natural intelligence to achieve truly remarkable things, his distrust and cynical nature all but predetermined him to a lifetime of internal suffering and professional failure if he had not died while restoring Company information after a potentially disastrous situation in the main computer control room.
