Stephen Hawking : ... communicating

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Beattie: Anthony? Oh congratulations on your exam results.

Anthony: Grandma, I failed.

Beattie: You failed? What do you mean you failed?

Anthony: I mean I failed - Maths, English, Physics, Geography, German, Woodwork, Art - failed.

Beattie: You didn't pass anything?

Anthony: Pottery, very useful.

Beattie: People will always need plates. Anything else?

Anthony: And sociology.

Beattie: An 'ology', he's got an 'ology' and he says he's failed. You're a scientist.

Narrator: Congratulations or commiserations, a phone call says it best.

Beattie: ... the brilliant boys. You know it's the teachers who are wrong, you know they can't mark, half of them can't see.

Narrator: British Telecom, it's you we answer to.