Stephen Hawking Article Grading

This article was an interesting piece on Stephen Hawking; however, after three or four pages, it all blended together and lost my interest. I understand it is about him making a comeback after a few years, but I would have been more interested in the fact that he has survived ALS for so long.

Have there been studies done about him and is he helping contribute to this cause to help others? I haven't found anything...but if he has lived for over 40 years with this disease and hasn't contributed to finding a cure, I have no respect for the man.

I honestly think we should worry about problems here on earth before we go make predictions of things that we can't even get to in space.

Grading:

1. Lede - It was interesting and got me reading it, I think if it had started with "On a mild March evening..." it would have been better. 18/20

2. Content - I think he answered all the right questions. Again, I would have been more interested in the ALS part of his life...but if it wasn't a big part of his life there is no need to talk about it. After the first three or four pages, I became uninterested. I am not big on the study of space, so once they started talking about it I zoned out. 16/20

3. Organization - I really liked the way it was organized with the subheads transitioning from one subject to another. It was very easy to follow. 19/20

4. Quality of Writing - I liked the writing style. It wasn't full of jargon and it was easy to read. Some things I didn't understand sometimes. The author was very good at the disciptions of things throughout the story whish made it interesting at times. 18/20

5. Clarity of Exposition - The author did well in descriptions but lost me because I didn't have any interest, this could pose a problem in some cases. I understand that Discover is a science magazine, but I probably wouldn't read this article by choice and it doesn't help that I really don't know what they are talking about most of the time. 15/20