"Yeah, I ran away when I was your age, to Metropolis, a whole summer high on RedK... it was definitely not my best moment." Clark said, shuddering a little at some of the memories burned into his mind from that summer. "Ma had been pregnant and I sorta.. caused the-" He trailed off for a moment and swallowed. It wasn't easy to say but then maybe Kon needed to hear more then just the stuff people knew about Superman. "She lost it, and it was my fault. I sort of went crazy for a while, figured, why would they even want me there after what I'd done. So I came here, did some very bad things and then Pa finally knocked some sense in to me. Not that that's what you're going through at all, just, I get the running away thing. Smallville is sort of.. confining." Clark shrugged and changed the subject.
"I get the school thing too. I used to find ways to challenge myself with more then they taught, but you aren't me, you have options. If you want to stay here you can pretty much have your pick of schools." And somehow he'd find a way to pay for them.