Zusuchan: Funny that Shinji's grades should be so bad, considering his parents seem to be geniuses.
dzzthink: It could be the fact he is taken away from school so often as he is an Eva pilot.
UrsusArctos: In addition to the Eva training and house chores taking away time from homework and studies (which can get pretty brutal by Grade 8 or 9) it's possible that his old school didn't operate at the same academic level.
