Rushmore - Is Max a Stereotypical teenager?

After viewing the opening of this film, I can honestly say that I do not believe Max comes under the heading of a stereotypical teenager. From the short montage clip of extra-caricular clubs that Max is involved in, I'm sure that he endures in alot more activities than any regular adolecent boy would do - especially the genre of activities- founder of the bee keeping club?
This fast paced life that he leads almost seems physically impossible and I cant help thinking to myself how has this boy got so much free time on his hands? The speed of the montage may also reflect the fast speed of Max's lifestyle.

At the beginning of the montage, we see a mid shot of a red book covered in bees, this could have an added semantic code relating to the fact that Max is a 'busy bee' or relating to the fact that he is president of the bee keeping club perhaps. He opens to the first page of the book showing a well-taken picture of Max above the heading of 'Editor-in-Chief', setting the rank high and showing us as an audience his importance and status, maybe in a way this is Max trying to talk to the audience directly. As the montage unfolds this showcase of roles and ranks perhaps is his way of telling us that he is well-recognised at his school although from viewing the many many extra caricular ativities may have us think that he is not recognised socially and perhaps is a slight outcast.

From watching this short clip, I gather thoughts that maybe Max participates in so many activities because he gets bored and does not want to get trapped in a mundane cycle of living, maybe this also explains why Max is the founder of so many clubs; to feed his boredom.

The other members of each of the clubs seem to be much younger than Max, this conotes questions such as could it be because Max likes to feel superior? Possibly that he likes power and being a leader makes him feel powerful? Or could it possibly be because Max lacks the maturity that teenagers his own age have so he has to find consolement in his younger peers and in his extra caricular clubs?

In many of the shots in the montage, Max is filmed in the foreground with a stern facial expression whilst his peers are in the background participating in activities depending on which club. These shots seem to appear when Max is the founder of a group or club, this much resembles historical noble paintings when people with high status and achievement are painted in order of their greatness. This could link to being a semantic or symbolic code of media.

After analysing this clip, I have decided that Max is not a stereotypical teenager.