Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Marcus Aurelius LaPorte

“What we do in life echoes in eternity” stated Marcus Aurelius LaPorte upon being notified of his Geek of the Week status...to which I said “Whoa dude, those are some prognostic quotes you be spit’n out, like something out of the movie Gladiator; like something reflective of your name”...to which he said “Are you not entertained!?!” I then threw up my hands in a defensive position and said “Sorry Marcus Aurelius LaPorte; your prescient terminology sounds familiar.” Marcus then said “Well Mr. Uhing, falling down is how we grow; staying down is how we die” (at this point any individual can visualize my surprise).I said “Marcus Aurelius LaPorte, you are really doing well through this Hamlet unit and seem to be enjoying the text and analysis.” He replied “Ultimately we are all dead men. Sadly we cannot choose how, but we can decided how we meet that end, in order that we are remembered as men.” I then shut my mouth, scratched my head, and gave the new Geek of the Week Marcus Aurelius LaPorte a high five.

Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Colette Mahr

To be an effective literary critic aka ‘A Regulator’, an individual can’t just be a geek off the street; gotta be handy with the graphite if ya know what I mean - earn your keep… Regulators Mount up!

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon,

yet Colette Mahr was on the streets, write’n words to consume

her Lit teacher’s attentions, while he graded the next eve

she didn’t want to be a punk, just look’n for reprieve.

Colete hit the East side of the CHS

on a mission trying to find texts to assess.

Deconstructing all the words, ain’t no need to freak

all you peeps know who got an ‘A’ on the essay last week.  

Congrats Colette Mahr...English Geek of the Week.