Ky thinks that it's very important that he does well in his classes, so that had usually meant paving himself, so he spends as much time and attention on his schoolwork as it requires. It would be a waste of both his time and his professors, not to mention the army scholarship, for him to do any less than the best that he's capable of.

"Is it for one of your classes?" Ky understands the concept of reading things that aren't for a class, of course, but it might also be background reading, or Venom going above and beyond.