Geek of the Week

(An unconventionally sweet and awesome honor!)

Isaac Brodrick

‘We are judged by how we finish, not by how we start’ stated Isaac Brodrick as I sincerely congratulated him on finishing the semester out academically powerful. I then confessed two truths to Isaac. The first truth was that I tried to break him - make him give up - quit - relinquish - wave the white flag - renunciar - surrender - tap out. Instead, Mr. Brodrick decided to bear down - unwaver - stand firm - wrangle - finalize - maintain reckless abandon - luchar - finish in successful elegance. ‘Well Mr. Uhing...’ stated Isaac ‘...sometimes there are people you come across with greater cognitive artillery than you possess; people you shouldn’t mess with; people who understand the language arts are a Tough Mudder not a 100 meter dash.’ After an awkward moment of silence and me pretending to time my shoe, I reiterated his resilient fortitude the last few weeks of the semester. As we parted, Isaac said ‘Hey, wasn’t there a second truth you were going to confess?’ ‘Oh yeah…’, I stated with definitiveness ‘...you are one hip, fashionably sensitive gentlemen.’ Congrats Isaac Brodrick, English Geek of the Week.