You shouldn't hate on people because of their gender.
Nina was upset because a boy was better than her in home ec.
Nina wants to stop being upset.
Nina asks him how he got so good at the subject in the first place.
Nina assures herself the boy must have tricked the teacher somehow, since a boy can't be good at a girl's subject.
Nina tries to learn more from him in order to improve herself.
"Nina wastes the rest of her semester trying to ""catch"" the boy cheating."