Ethics [Monday, March 5, 5th period]

[sith_happened]

When the students entered the Ethics class, there was no sign of their normal instructor.

Instead a young man with a livid scar down his right eye wearing a dark cloak was leaning against the desk.

He looked at each of the students. "I am Anakin Skywalker. I'll be the Ethics instructor for the remainder of the semester. Darth Vader is gone."

He rustled through some papers. "I understand he had put you into pairs to learn to exploit each other." His eyes narrowed. "I don't work that way. Instead, please tell me what you learned about your partner--if anything--and how you would overcome individual weaknesses in order to become a more cohesive team."

He pointed at a student at random. "We will begin with you."

Silly Anakin actually thought that there might not be any questions about the change in teachers.

We Might As Well Be Strangers - Keane

Comments

Re: What did you learn?

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Valentine was nice." Blair shrugged. "A little demanding at times. It took forever for me to put those tiny umbrellas in the popcorn chicken."

Re: What did you learn?

[sith_happened]

Anakin blinked. "You did what for the huh?"

Very eloquent, that Anakin.

Re: What did you learn?

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"Popcorn chicken with tiny umbrellas. That's what he wanted for a snack during our lesson." Blair said. "I wasn't too comfortable with the karmic repercussions of doing lion taming but it seemed to work out okay. At least I was able to teach him without a real lion."

Re: What did you learn?

[sith_happened]

"You taught him imaginary lion taming," Anakin said slowly. "Did you efforts on snack food make him more comfortable, do you believe? Or was that Valentine testing the limits of your authority?"

Re: What did you learn?

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"I would have taught him real lion taming but it's not actually possible to rent a lion. Go figure." Blair smiled and leaned forward. "I totally think it was Valentine seeing how far I would go, but I didn't mind. I don't really agree with the idea of masters and stuff anyway. I think that an equal partnership is best."

Re: What did you learn?

[sith_happened]

"You can eventually get to an equal partnership," Anakin said, thinking with a pang of regret about Obi-Wan, "but if you're in charge, you have things to teach your student first. Being a friend in that situation doesn't help either of you. There needs to be some structure, or both of you will flail."

It had taken him forty years to realize that.

Re: What did you learn?

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

"That's a good point." Blair nodded.