[ STOP. He puffs his cheeks at the BULLYING but he doesn't deny it... shut up. ]

Some of us are dumbasses, okay? [ He is an okay student, not great, not stupid, and that makes school infinitely harder than either extreme, where you don't care because you do well no matter what or you fail no matter what and so nothing matters. The middle ground sucks: you got to work your ass off just to stay afloat. But it's not exactly that either, and he huffs, leaning back. ]

Anyways, you know what I'm talking about. Graduation? You have another year, but this is my last chance.