Ethics [Thursday, January 10]

[sith_happened]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance.

Except for how his glance lingered on a couple of faces as his eyes widened slightly, it wasn't possible to tell what he thought of them.

"I'm Master Skywalker," he said in a voice that was intended to carry, "this is Ethics, and we're going to skip the introductions--I'll figure out who you are--and move straight to our first discussion."

He paced around the room, cloak flaring out behind him, as he handed out the syllabus. "Today's topic," he said. "Self sacrifice: knowing the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit."

"Any time I ask a a group of people what they would do to save someone they love, they all blither on about how they would set the world on fire, lie, cheat, steal, kill, die, et cetera, et cetera. I've been at this school too long to believe that half of you haven't already been put into this situation and I'm in no mood to hear adolescent ramblings about how wonderful you were or might hypothetically be. We're going to ground it in reality.

"Over the summer there was a woman who was in charge of this school. She had been placed in power legitimately, was allowed to punish in accordance with that power, and began pushing the boundaries of her authority almost immediately. She called students to her office, punished them for slights genuine or imagined, and began escalating the severity and frequency of her punishments, going over the line into what was no longer acceptable."

Anakin crossed his arms over his chest, the scars across his face very evident in the light coming through the window. "It eventually took a team of highly qualified adults to take her out. Today's topic: when do you draw the line? When do you admit to yourself that a problem cannot be solved, that to sacrifice yourself isn't a statement, it's merely pointless? How long does it take for you to check your ego?"

Comments

Sign in (Jan 10)

[sith_happened]

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Re: Sign in (Jan 10)

[wannabehunter]

Jo Harvelle

Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[sith_happened]

Take notes, wonder how many hours Anakin had to practice to get his cloak to do that swirly thing...

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

As she listened, Adah found herself quirking an eyebrow. Well. Skywalker certainly didn't waste any time, now, did he?

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[raspberryturk]

Reno wasn't terribly impressed by the 'Master's' flair for the dramatic, though he had to admit that the subject matter of the class was actually kinda interesting.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[the_merriest]

Rikku hugged her knees, feeling nervous. And the cloak thing was pretty cool, she had to say.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[blessed_twice]

Wyatt listened, somewhat amused. He knew when to check his ego. Never, because it was far too large to be checked.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal wasn't taking notes. He didn't need to, he could remember what he heard if he cared to, and he'd much rather pay attention to Anakin than write.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah was taking careful notes on everything Anakin said... and worrying about that discussion question.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Master Skywalker kinda frightened her in an almost intriguing can't look away because I'll get in trouble if I do, sort of way. Amber appreciated that talent and paid rapt attention to his lecture.

The swirling of his cloak was also way cool.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel was doodling in her notes and not really paying attention.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana took notes and thought hard about what he was asying.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[wannabe-pan.livejournal.com]

Andrew wanted a cloak. Cloaks were so cool. He wondered if he could find one on eBay.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam took notes, listening to what Master Skywalker had to say. He knew who he'd been talking about, and remembered some of the things she'd done to people he'd known.

He was very happy she was gone.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[withoutverona]

Romeo frowned as he listened. What did this Skywalker mean, bring in qualified adults? As far as he could tell, adults often made things worse still.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[ashockingbitch]

Jenny was the spirit of the twentieth century. She was the posthuman-on-call when the world needed saving. She never needed to check her ego. And she wasn't particularly impressed. Midnighter could do that swirly thing with a leather trenchcoat full of heavy weaponry, after all.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[death-of-hope.livejournal.com]

Since she'd already seen the swirly cloak during Flight, Anemone wasn't too terribly impressed.

Instead, she was busy writing out a pros and cons list for this class. Pro: Master Skywalker was neat. Con: ETHICS. Yup, whichever guardian stuck her in this class had to die. Painfully. In an unethical fashion.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[remember5th.livejournal.com]

Evey wasn't one for note-taking, but she watched and listened, quiet and pensive.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[absolutesnark]

Summer wasn't taking notes, but she was listening.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[athosborn.livejournal.com]

Teyla was impressed by the teacher. A little nervous, but impressed.

Re: Listen to the lecture (Jan 10)

[itsjustlanguage.livejournal.com]

Hoshi was furiously taking notes.

Answer the question! (Jan 10)

[sith_happened]

Would you wait until you've blown up a planet to realize you might've made a mistake?

Re: Answer the question! (Jan 10)

[raspberryturk]

The answer seemed simple enough to Reno, anyhow.

"You do what you have to do, when you have to do it. But I can't think of anything worth dyin' for, yo. Sounds pointless to me right from the get-go."

Talk to the TA (Jan 10)

[sith_happened]

Hi, Jo!

Re: Talk to the TA (Jan 10)

[wannabehunter]

Jo wasn't quite bouncy, but she did look quite happy to be there.

Talk to Anakin

[sith_happened]

He doesn't exactly look chatty, but he could surprise you.

OOC

[sith_happened]

Not surprisingly, Anakin isn't afraid to slap your character into detention if you're looking for it :)

I'm at work until 1PST and will pick up pings then.