text: It 's possible , of course , that in an alternate universe , where American high schools were truly academic institutions , the seriously disturbed Harris and Klebold might have open fire on the brains , but I doubt it ; first of all because Harris and Klebold would have received some of the acceptance they craved on their own merits , and secondly because they would not have despised the school so for favoring the intellectual achievers .
  
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  Harris and Klebold didn 't like the school favoring intellectuals because they weren 't very smart themselves .