fandomhigh | Sociology of Space Travel, Thursday, 6th period

The screen is once again lit, with Roslin seated at the back of the room. She has her computer with her, as well as a notepad. Glancing up, she a smile flashes across her features as the students enter. "Same procedure as last week -- well, minus the paper turn in. We'll get started in just a few minutes."

Once the bell rang, she lowered her pen and removed her glasses, addressing the class as she rose from her seat. "Last week, we watched an episode of Strifenova Celestial, that explored the politics of space travel. Today, we're going with something a little different; today, we're watching some clips from the film, ~~Lord of the Flies~~ Baron of the Beatles, which -- I believe -- is based on a book of the same title. I want you to pay attention to any similarities and differences between the Celestial situation and the boys' situation on the island. We'll be discussing them in a few minutes."

She turned with the remote and pressed "play." The screen flickered briefly, before it was replaced by a montage of images from the film. This lasted approximately thirty minutes, giving a fairly complete view of the major themes and characters. Once it had finished, Laura rounded the back of the room and switched on the lights.

"Okay, so...What similarities and differences did you notice? What do you think this says about humanity, once removed from society at large?"

The former president allowed the students to discuss the questions, hoping they would bounce ideas off of one another. She glanced at her watch after a few minutes. As the class wound to a close, she smiled. "That's it for this week. Have a good weekend, and I'll see you next time."

[OCD ~~coming up as usual~~ ready and waiting. ETA: Edited because I apparently need to meta 'Lord of the Flies'? ::shrugs::]

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"I think it says that both creators have a rather bleak view of humanity, sum total."

"Bleak, D'anna? How so?" She folded her arms across her chest and regarded the blonde.

"Bleak in that," D worded herself carefully,"they both leave less room for people to be kind, compassionate, or have just a plain sort of goodness." She shrugged and splayed out her hands. "I don't deny that people aren't always as positive we could be, but as a whole, I believe we are a bit better than portrayed in these cases."

"I tend to agree with you, D'anna," Laura replied, slowly. She thought back to the speech then-Commander Adama had given at the decommissioning of the Galactica. He was certainly very "glass half empty" that day. "But if you were to ask the authors or the producers of the show if humanity was inherently good or evil, what do you think their response would be? What would your response be?"

"I think the one would say people were evil and the other would argue that though they aren't, that they have a rather difficult struggle to be good." D folded her fingers together as she came up with her own answer to Laura's question. "I believe that people are born good but that the choices we make, roads we take change who we are, what we are, so that in the end, it doesn't matter what we were but who we've become.

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