Eleven

"You don't seem dumb to me," Beverly says earnestly. "I mean... that's cool, to like learning things, and don't let anyone tell you it's not. But there's different kinds of smart, I think. And school-smart is only one of them." It's definitely not her strongest suit, though at least she's doing better than she was at this time last year. Still, she's not sure she wants to continue with it once she graduates high school in a year and a half, and that's a conversation she has no idea how to have yet. "What else do you like to do?"