A Boy Named Jackson

          The student in which I have chosen to write about is a male student in one of my tenth grade honors classes, named Jackson. Jackson typically comes to school every day in the same pair of jeans and blue hoodie. He carries around a huge binder filled with work and is always prepared for class. He is tall has bright blue eyes and always presents himself through a clean and well cut appearance. Jackson is very well-behaved and takes his school work extremely seriously. Although he can be quiet at times whenever you spark his interest then there’s no going back. Jackson loves any topic relating to History and knows way more historical information than you would expect any tenth grader to have the knowledge of. For example, while beginning our unit on Of Mice and Men I began by introducing students to The Great Depression and then using an anticipatory guide. He already knew basically everything there is to know about the Great Depression and even brought up other topics, such as the Jacksonian Democracy(no clue what that even is so I had to change the subject). During the anticipatory guide there was a question regarding whether or not an individual can overcome society. This question engaged Jackson so much that he began walking around the room with a debater/lawyer like persona and prompted a full on debate with one of his classmates.

         Jackson is definitely an interesting character and stands out amongst his classmates to a slight degree. Whenever he goes off on one of his historical fact sessions usually everyone in the class take a big sigh and braces themselves for the load of information that is about to come their way. He has a group of male friends, in which he usually sticks to speaking to and hanging out with outside of the classroom. He is a motivated learner and an excelled thinker (when he wants to be) and I have come to know this by observing him in class discussions/group work activities, as well as grading his work. My expectations for this student are very high since I know what he is capable of and the high potential that he possesses. I am not sure how Jackson acts in other classes like Math or Science but I can say with certainty that History is definitely Jackson’s nitch, which is strongly reflection in my English class whenever somewhat historical topics are brought up. I believe that when Jackson is learning something he is passionate about then he is capable of anything. I see a bright future for Jackson since he is certainly not afraid to speak his mind and challenge ideas that he feels strongly about.