“Mr. Odis influenced many students at Heartly High School. Students loved going to his class. He gave good advice and helped all his students the best way he could. Mr. Odis was a man that believed in William Durant statement ‘Education is the transmission of civilization.’ He was an old high school history teacher. He was tall, muscular, and dark skinned almost as if he was the color of the midnight sky. He had a shaky voice, which gave the impression to some students and teachers that he was afraid to talk. He was very old school, but dressed young a lot. He loved dressing young because of his size. The way he dressed is the reason why all students thought he was cool just by looking at him.
He loved all of his classes but his favorite class to see was his fifth period. He would tell them all the time, ‘It's only because there's something different about you all from every other class.’ By the middle of September, he knew about all of his students in that class very well, except two students and that was Makenzie and Johnathan. They would both sit in the back of the class every day, about two seats away from each other.
Makenzie was, not to be mean, a little overweight for an eleventh grader or any other person. She wasn’t like the other big girls at Heartly High; she was different. She wore clothes appropriate for her size and stayed very quiet during class. Johnathan would always wonder why she was so quiet and so did Mr. Odis. Makenzie never really knew Johnathan or understood why Johnathan was as quiet as her, until one day Mr. Odis decided to get to know both of them.
That day, Mr. Odis called both Makenzie and Johnathan to his desk and asked them if they would have a conference with him for thirty minutes after school. T...
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...rything together. Mr. Odis and Johnathan even encouraged Makenzie to lose weight.
Mr. Odis deciding to get to know Makenzie and Johnathan changed all of their lives. Mr. Odis became an even happier man because he started to see Makenzie and Johnathan as his children, something he could never have. Makenzie began to lose weight tons of it she came from a twenty to an eleven in pants. Johnathan, happy old Johnathan, became more outspoken and even found the love of his life; she means the world to him.”
Johnathan folds up the paper he was reading off, as tears began to fall down his face. He walks to the casket where Mr. Odis lie, place the paper near him and says, “Thanks For Everything Mr. Odis, You Were Just Like My Father.” He walked to his seat in the front aisle of the church next to his beautiful wife, Makenzie. He hugged her tight as they both cried together.
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