Descriptive Essay: A Clouded Idea

A Clouded Idea Second period was by far my least favorite class of the day. The room was hot and sticky with a gross arm pit smell. Those combinations made me dread Eco every single day. I defiantly wasn’t the only one that hated that class, everyone that walked in practically held their nose. The sad part is we all knew why the class room smelled, it wasn’t because the school was old or something was wrong, it smelled like that because Jackson Lindoff was there. Jackson was a boy that everyone knew about; he had greasy blonde hair that touched the back of his neck. He wore 2 different outfits, a light brown hoodie with black shorts and a dark blue shirt with the same black shorts. The kid smelled like he had never heard of the word hygiene. I figured he just didn’t like to shower or put too much work in his appearance. A few people in the class would always say out loud, “Mr. Holton it stinks so bad in here open up a window!” I think he knew people thought he stunk I mean he had to of known. I remember walking to Lunch one day; when I saw Jackson walking in front of me, and then I saw the two boys walking behind him, waving their hands in front of their noses and whispering to each other. They started laughing really loud, probably on purpose; Jackson …show more content…
I would stare at him in class and try to unravel the story he wasn’t telling anyone. I started asking around about him to my friends and the day I heard the truth about Jackson I wished more than anything I could take back those mean thoughts I had about him and those nosy suspicions. My friend Allison said that both of Jacksons parents died in a car wreck when he was four and he’s been in and out of foster care for years. Now that he is 18 it’s even harder for him to find homes to stay at, and he was always getting into trouble with the families he stayed with. Sometimes when he has nowhere to go he sleeps outside and that happens a