Jack Sanders

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Name: Jack R. "Fro" Sanders
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: 12
School: Bayview Secondary School.
Hobbies and Interests: Video games, Reading, Volunteer Work, the Environment, Testing his skill

Appearance: 5'8" 140lb. He has a pale complexion, but has Native American blood as well as English and German. Jack is mildly acne scarred, but always has a smile on his face. He has a boyish face but a sharp chin and, much to his displeasure, a large forehead. His teeth are slightly stained and crooked, but more or less straight, a result of braces, but forgetting to keep up with his retainer. He has brown eyes very curly lightish brown hair of a moderate length. He often picks his hair out into a large fro in order make up for his short height. He wears mild corrective lens that are perpetually crooked, due to his right ear being slightly higher than his left. His nose is a moderate size, but slightly crooked from a break in his youth. In order to look older, he has grown a small goatee, which is a darker brown than his hair.

Below the neck, he has an average sized torso and fairly long legs. He lacks much upper body strength, and thus is fairly scrawny and most of his ribs are visible. His lower spine is slightly curved due to a mild case of Scoliosis, which he received treatment for. Despite this, it sill pains him on bad days. His arms are also skinny, and he has been teased occasionally for his alligator dry elbows and small hands. His arms are slightly hairy, and much to his embarrassment, he has yet to grow chest or back hair. Below the waist, he has fairly toned legs, as a result of riding his bike everywhere, but they are very hairy. His overall leg size is small however, and his feet are as well.

Clothing wise, Jack tends to slightly baggy solid color T-Shirts or baggy Hoodies. He always wears blue jeans when he can, however, because of his samll waistline, he wears a large brown leather belt to hold them up. Because of this, his pants tend to be fairly baggy as well. Jack has no preference between boxers and briefs. Jack prefers long socks, and likes tight white running shoes, which tend to become very battered, very quickly.

Biography: Jack Sanders was born on Dec 27, 1990 to Ryan and Paula Sanders, two teachers in the Dallas area. He was born almost a month premature and with Pneumonia, and had to spend almost a week in the hospital. Although he was released without further complications, he would remain small and sickly throughout much of his early childhood.

As a young child, Jack was similar to most other children his age, although he began playing video games at a young age, something that would prove to shape his life. When he was six years old, his mother suffered a miscarriage halfway through another pregnancy, and his parents began fighting and eventually divorced. Jack stayed with his father but was allowed visitation every other weekend. Jack at least partially blamed himself for the breakup and was hurt for weeks. As Jack entered the first grade, he entered a new chapter in his life, and began to think about things and their consequences for the first time.

By the time Jack was in the third grade, both of his parents had remarried, introducing new influences to his life. His new stepdad, Thomas, encouraged his independent thought and the questioning of his ideals. His stepmother, Dana, was strict, stricter than anything Jack encountered before. They clashed often, and Jack was punished often. Jack began to play games more often, and was introduced into heavier reading by Harry Potter. He also took to playing around streams and parks, as the outdoors always held a sense of openness. These things were a way for him to escape the conflict of his life. As time passed, Jack grew more introspective and depressed, and had a notoriously short fuse.

As Jack entered the sixth grade, he discovered that he needed braces, glasses, and that acne destroys long-held friendship. Many of his old friends avoided him, and the few friends that did still associate with him, he drew distant from, out of shame. He grew more engrossed in his schoolwork, as another way to avoid the pain, and was admitted to higher level courses. At the same time, he became involved in online games, addicted to the sense of belonging he had with them. All the while, he focused on his studies, and continued to research both Hemingway and Halo, Tolkein and Game Freak, Heinlein and EA. As he became more intellectual, his ability to express creativity declined sharply; he continued to think of great ideas, but lacked the ability to express them.

Near the end of his final year in middle school, his father announced that he had gotten a new job in Minnesota and that they would be moving at the end of the school year. In response, Jack and his mother and Thomas sat down and had a long discussion about Jack, his future, his actions, his habit, everything. Jack emerged from that discussion with the full knowledge of how his depression was pointless, that whining about his problems would not fix anything. Bidding a tearful farewell to whom he considered to be his true parents, Jack and his family left.

Deciding to turn over a new leaf, Jack enrolled as an optimistic Freshman at Bayview. He strived to be more involved in the community, seeking a path through religion, service, or friendship. His outward demeanor changed drastically, he became polite, hyper, and became fond of cracking bad jokes. However, his old personality persisted through his sarcasm and cynicism, as well as his nagging feeling of separation. He retained his studious nature, and took numerous AP courses, as well as a Taekwondo class to learn better discipline. He publicly bemoaned the large workload and continued to act lazy, but inwardly, he enjoyed the test of his intelligence. He decided to become an Environmental Scientist in order to combine his love of the environment and his newfound desire to help people. He looks forward to his bright future, and avoids dwelling on his past.

Advantages: Jack is intelligent, and has a moderate knowledge of Taekwondo. Because of his studies, he could fare well in many situations, provided he doesn't panic. He has a cheerful personality, and is somewhat popular. Due to his introspective past, he also is aware of how people act and react. Also, using his dual personality Jack can easily hide his true motives.

Disadvantages: Jack's intelligence is almost entirely book smarts, and he is not very strong physically. Jack's conflicted past and depression would likely return to haunt him in a time of severe stress. He has difficulty interacting in violent or aggressive situations, as his typical reaction has been to run from them.