"I am afraid it is," she said, and it didn't come to her quite so naturally as tennis. "The circumstances of my education thus far did not... leave me much opportunity for things beyond the core curriculum," she admitted. Her body was a limitation, and so were Father's credentials; he could teach mathematics and especially language arts well, could manage science and social studies, but that was already a lot!

"I feel a little behind, the same way I do with music and sports..."