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 English... 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.