Aiden is smart enough to not want to waste time on stuff he doesn't care about. Maybe he just doesn't think what's being asked of him is worth doing well. I have shockingly, a pretty deep conviction that human beings make cost benefit calculations all the time. It's just that the costs and benefits aren't just dollars and cents.
Is there such a thing as a victimless crime? In an unfair system, is dishonesty okay? And are adolescent vandals out of ideas?