Dameon

— "Something Different About Mrs. Jewls"

* Heitz
* McCauley
* Schick
* Brinckloe
* Hockerman

**Dameon** is a character in the *Wayside School* books. He does not appear in the cartoon. He is one of the many students in Mrs. Jewls's class. He is a student that is frequently seen helping out Mrs. Jewls, and often has to run up and down Wayside School's many flights of stairs.

## Appearance

In "Game Day," it is revealed Dameon is a little taller than Myron. According to "Dameon," he has hazel eyes. Aside from this, Dameon's appearance is never described.

## Personality

Dameon is a very dedicated student, willing to take whatever means it is necessary to help someone out. He especially loves Mrs. Jewls, and does whatever he can to help her, frequently passing out papers and running up and down several flights of stairs just to help her out. Dameon appears to do it out of the kindness of his own heart, as he is never shown requesting a reward for his actions, despite how much he does. Dameon is presumably very helpful, and even aside from Mrs. Jewls, is willing to help many people out, as in "Kathy and D.J." he attempts to cheer up D.J. when he's feeling upset, and in "Kathy," he tries to teach Kathy how to play catch, despite knowing her negative personality at the time. While Dameon is willing to be critical of others when necessary, it seems he generally responds to people with a positive outlook.

Dameon experiences some difficulty expressing his emotions, as shown most notably in "Love and a Dead Rat." Dameon worries that people will realize he has a crush on Mrs. Jewls, and as such takes to various measures to prevent people from finding out, such as placing a dead rat in her desk. Dameon experiences difficulty being upfront about himself, and struggles when it comes to explaining complicated emotions, such as in "Something Different About Mrs. Jewls," where he understands that Mrs. Jewls can't come to Wayside School because it may not be healthy, but still complains that it isn't fair.

Dameon seems to often get caught up in his own mind, such as at the beginning of "Love and a Dead Rat," where he doesn't notice a ball hitting him in the face, and at the end of "Dameon," where he spends the rest of the day wondering how he can write on his own pencil. In "Science," he additionally does remember when Mrs. Jewls said "alley-oopsy," but missed her warning that students should stay away from the edge of the roof, possibly getting distracted here as well. While usually a good and attentive student, when a certain topic becomes a major focus to Dameon, he often fixates it and tunes out everything else around him.

## Relationships

### Myron

    Dameon and Myron are shown to be good friends throughout the series. In "Recess," Dameon abandons a game of freeze tag so he can play basketball with Myron instead, and he and Myron work together to cheer up D.J. in "Kathy and D.J." He eats lunch with Myron in "Love and a Dead Rat," but becomes critical of him when he worries that Myron is aware that he has a crush on Mrs. Jewls. In "Explanation," Kathy greets Myron and Dameon at about the same time, implying they may be near one another. Similarly is seen in "Stuck," when the two both laugh at one of Dana's funny faces together.

### D.J.

Dameon is friends with D.J., as shown in "Kathy and D.J." when Dameon tries to help D.J. when he's feeling upset. The two also eat lunch together in "Love and a Dead Rat," though Dameon becomes critical of D.J. when he worries that D.J. might be aware that he has a crush on Mrs. Jewls. In "A Million," D.J. briefly responds to Dameon's quip about arithmetic making his brain numb.

### Mrs. Jewls

Dameon has a crush on Mrs. Jewls, as revealed in "Love and a Dead Rat," though it seems that Mrs. Jewls thinks of Dameon as a friend, as opposed to Dameon's romantic attraction. Dameon regularly helps Mrs. Jewls with certain tasks, such as running up and down several flights of stairs to tell Louis about a movie in "Dameon" and passing out papers for her many times in *Wayside School Is Falling Down*. Dameon is very upset when Mrs. Jewls announces she'll be leaving in "Something Different About Mrs. Jewls." In "Science," he is shown to pay attention to what Mrs. Jewls was saying (albeit, remembering that she said "Alley-oopsy" rather than warning the class to stay away from the edge of the roof) and in "Kachooga Boop," he holds Mrs. Jewls's hand as they walk down the stairs.

### Joy

Dameon has a mixed relationship with Joy. In "Joy," Joy steals Dameon's lunch, but doesn't take the blame, instead pointing out the remains of all his food on everyone else's desks. Dameon, unaware Joy stole his lunch, thanks her, and is especially glad when Joy gives him her own lunch, as lousy as it may have been. However, in "Love and a Dead Rat," Joy teases Dameon for his crush on Mrs. Jewls, which makes him very upset. He tries to prove that he doesn't, but later on questions why, as it is noted that he doesn't like Joy, or at least doesn't like her as much as Mrs. Jewls.

### Maurecia

Dameon's relationship with Maurecia seems to be primarily negative, as in "Love and a Dead Rat," she teases him about his crush on Mrs. Jewls and encourages him to put a dead rat in her desk. However, in "Maurecia," it's mentioned that everyone, including Dameon, likes Maurecia, and that Maurecia likes just about everyone, so it's possible that they may not strictly be enemies.

### Kathy

Dameon has been seen interacting with Kathy on a few instances, first in "Kathy," where he tries to play catch with Kathy, but she refuses to listen to his instruction, and thus gets hit in the face. At the time, Kathy didn't like Dameon, though Dameon seemed to show some patience towards Kathy in return. However, Dameon still seems to acknowledge that Kathy isn't usually nice, as he complains about how contrarian she is in "Push-Downs." Ironically enough, Kathy isn't trying to be contrarian there, as she discovered she actually likes having friends, showing Dameon may not be fully aware of the change in her personality.

### Terrence

Dameon seems to dislike Terrence, as in "Terrence," he seems frustrated when Terrence asks to play with him, and tries to shoo him away. However, a few chapters earlier in "Ron," he plays on Terrence's team in a round of kickball, though it may just be because he wanted to play kickball, and not because he wanted to play with Terrence.

## Appearances

For a list of every chapter Dameon is seen in, see here.

## Trivia

* He is not in the cartoon, alongside Allison, Benjamin, Calvin, D.J., Deedee, Jason, Kathy, Mac, Paul, Ron, Terrence, and Sue.
* Dameon is one of the only five students to appear in the play version of *Sideways Stories from Wayside School*. The other four are Myron, Leslie, Bebe Gunn and Rondi.
* In many of the chapters he is featured in, he is seen running up and down the thirty flights of stairs at Wayside School. He expresses excitement in "Elevators" when Mr. Kidswatter announces that elevators are going to be installed at Wayside School.
* Dameon is the fastest boy in Mrs. Jewls's class, but not the fastest student over all, as he is surpassed by Deedee and at least one other girl.

### Other designs

Peter Allen design (British edition, 2004)Satoshi Kitamura design (Japanese edition, 2010)
## References

1. ↑ "Love and a Dead Rat"