Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Ashley Trent

This educator is not a quitter, but I almost was. Ashley Trent’s AP Literature and Composition writings were average, stagnant, plateaued, ordinary, mediocre, and other ‘meh’ terms English teachers wish were banished to at least the fifth circle of the Netherworld.  So, I called her in and said “Say something I’m giving up on you. I’ll be the one if you want me too. Anywhere I would have tutored you. Say something I’m giving up on you. I...I’m feeling so small. Is this over your head? Are you learning nothing at all?”  Ashley began to laugh at my raw emotion, told me to chillax, and turned in an imposingly splendid timed essay that proved her English nerd-worthiness is legitimate and certifiable.