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The Monday before Christmas break, Dude told me that his grade would be participating in a quiz bowl on Tuesday and that he was really excited for it. When I picked him on Tuesday I asked him how it went. He got big tears in his eyes and told me that he didn't do very well. He told me that he didn't know any of the answers and that he felt stupid. The other 5 kids on his team were mad at him because he did so poorly. I asked him he he did his best and he replied that he did, but that he felt so stupid. (again with big tears in his eyes) I told him that if he did his best, than I was proud of him. Later that day I was driving some of his friends home from a church activity when one of the friends said, "That was so cool, Dude how your team won today because you knew all the answers!" Dude then said, "No we didn't, we didn't make it past the semi-finals. I didn't know any answers." His friend replied. "Yeah you did, you won the trophy!" Again Dude denied it. I turned around and asked him if he won. He burst out laughing and said he did. When I asked him why he lied about it he said, "Mom, you would have gotten really excited and embarrassed me." Turns out he knew that a certain artist did sculptures, the 2 representatives from each state are called Senators, and a bunch of other stuff, surprising everyone with his knowledge. Have you ever heard of a kid lying about doing well? And so convincingly, too?