Which narration from seedfolks reveals a confident character? they don't teach you that equation in school. big brain, mr. smoltz, my eighth-grade math teacher, hasn't even heard of it. two years after my father and i moved here from guatemala i could speak don't believe what people say -- cartoons make you smart. outside of there he lowered his eyes and tried to get by on mumbles and smiles. he didn't want strangers to hear his mistakes. i wished we were farther from the street and i was praying that none of my friends or girlfriends or enemies saw me.