At school, I was never more than about halfway up the class. It was a very bright class.
My classwork was very untidy, and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers. But
my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein, so presumably they saw signs of
something better. When I was twelve, one of my friends bet another friend a bag of
sweets that I would never come to anything. I don't know if this bet was ever settled, and
if so, which way it was decided.
What is likely to be true about the rest of this narrative speech?
1 Hawking goes on to belittle people who doubted him during his career in
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an attempt to make his accomplishments seem greater.
Hawking uses humility, personal details, and anecdotes from his life to
help explain his life and research.
Hawking follows this introduction by delving into complex technical details
about his findings.