What's it feel like? [ Steve finds himself asking. For some reason his mind conjures up images of tattoos, though he doubts it's quite as permanent (not to mention as painful). ]
Well, let's hope I manage to do better at this than at English Lit. [ His grades had never exactly been spectacular, but they definitely dropped his final year in school. As much as he might be down on himself, it's less to do with his own aptitude, and more to do with the world he had been thrust into, and the feelings of abandonment, of having no support net to help him through it. So, maybe this will just happen to be a place for him to shine. ]
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Well, let's hope I manage to do better at this than at English Lit. [ His grades had never exactly been spectacular, but they definitely dropped his final year in school. As much as he might be down on himself, it's less to do with his own aptitude, and more to do with the world he had been thrust into, and the feelings of abandonment, of having no support net to help him through it. So, maybe this will just happen to be a place for him to shine. ]