Okay, for the first time, I disagree with something you wrote. I am a pacifist, but I have found a way to make the machine fit even my peculiarly shaped gear. And thanks to those efforts, my whole school has become more properly lopsided, at least, the areas nearest me.
Although, I do see a great many great people trampled out of their greatness thanks to the system... But it is a system of ideas, not people...
Sorry. Sometimes I feel it my duty to provide the lighter side of your arguments.

*nod*

For the record, I consider my narrator a psychopath. I am also a pacifist, and do not believe in harming others. Please do not consider my narrators to speak for me, I would be very scared of myself if I believed all the things I wrote about. I have written words in the mouths of serial killers and sadists and monsters... and my fair share of suicides and martyrs. These people generally disturb or terrify me.

As for making the system bend around you, well...

My last year of high school, after having been ignored and depressed for much of my school career, i said screw it, and i wore a labcoat to class every single day.

I was chosen for homecoming royalty that year.

Figure that one the hell out.