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fandomhigh2008-02-06 10:16 pm
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2008-02-06 10:16 pm
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Ethics [Thursday, February 7]
If Anakin seemed a little tense today, well, it was kind of to be expected. Not that he'd be opening up about that at all.
"Today we talk about envy," he said quietly. "There's always something that someone else seems to have that we want: clothing, grades, family, love, looks, acclaim...their achievements remind us of something we don't think we have enough of."
He began pacing as he warmed to his subject. "A wise man once said that envy is the art of counting the other person's blessings instead of your own. An entire industry has sprung up and flourished exploiting the idea that we envy those who have achieved fame." Anakin made a face. "With the equally charming dark side that we'll take joy in watching their failures."
He crossed his arms over his chest. "So today we'll be gossip mongers. Come up with a story about one of the people in this class, in the school, or on the island. It doesn't have to be true. It just has to be something that would get people's attention. Then pass it on. We'll see the ramifications of envy for ourselves."
He was kind of counting on the students choosing to start rumors about people they didn't like. He knew human nature that way.
Someday
"Today we talk about envy," he said quietly. "There's always something that someone else seems to have that we want: clothing, grades, family, love, looks, acclaim...their achievements remind us of something we don't think we have enough of."
He began pacing as he warmed to his subject. "A wise man once said that envy is the art of counting the other person's blessings instead of your own. An entire industry has sprung up and flourished exploiting the idea that we envy those who have achieved fame." Anakin made a face. "With the equally charming dark side that we'll take joy in watching their failures."
He crossed his arms over his chest. "So today we'll be gossip mongers. Come up with a story about one of the people in this class, in the school, or on the island. It doesn't have to be true. It just has to be something that would get people's attention. Then pass it on. We'll see the ramifications of envy for ourselves."
He was kind of counting on the students choosing to start rumors about people they didn't like. He knew human nature that way.
Someday
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"Right, I forgot," Rikku said, glaring. "Chocobos are allergic to red paint, so you can only use blue and green and ... why are you painting chocobos in the first place?!"
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Duh.
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Gaia was weird.
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"They aren't freaks? It's, you breed a real good yellow and a sorta good yellow, and you feed 'em some kinda nut or green or something? I dunno. And they have a blue baby. Or a green one. I dunno how it works. And one can cross streams and stuff, and the other can... climb mountains or something. I'm no freakin' chocobo expert, yo."
Kindergarten dropouts knew this crap. They didn't have blue chocobos in Spira? The hell?
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"You're ... just ... messing with me now," she decided.
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