Difference between revisions of "Joel Saxon"

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He is obsessed with Rithmatics, and is very good in every academic subject, especially geometry. Despite his aptitude in academics, he tends to fail at least one class every year.

Joel was sneaking into a Rithmatist lecture from [[Fitch|Professor Fitch]] when [[Andrew Nalizar]] showed up to challenge Fitch. Fitch was beaten by Nalizar and subsequently demoted{{book ref|rithmatist|1}} Joel had to decide on a [[Armedius_Academy#Summer_Electives|summer elective]].{{book ref|rithmatist|2}} Joel heard that [[Lilly Whiting]], a Rithmatist student, is missing, and he sees a federal inspector on campus. Joel asked [[Davis|another student]] he knew about spending the holidays with him as usual, but Davis told him he’s spending the holidays with a group of rich, popular students. Joel decided to try and get a summer elective studying Rithmatics under Professor Fitch.{{book ref|rithmatist|4}} Joel asked Fitch, who said it wasn’t possible, and gently denied his request.{{book ref|rithmatist|5}} Desperate to join Fitch’s class, Joel decided to purposefully fail his Rithmatic history exam, in hopes that he might be assigned to remedial tutoring with Professor Fitch. After failing it, Joel was sent to [[Thomas York|the principal’s]] office. Once the principal made it clear that he intended to expel him, Joel confessed why he did it, and York compromised that if Joel passed his history test, he could be assigned to Fitch as a research assistant on a special project. Joel went back to class, and was allowed to redo his test, which he passed.{{book ref|rithmatist|6}}