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Ye Shall Be As Gods? – Class 15, Period 3

Juli was irritated today. Between the singular lack of caffeine and this whole ‘finals’ farce, she was very nearly frowning at the class. If her students wanted to prove that they had learnt anything from her then they’d go out and whatever they wished to accomplish, well, hopefully they’d put a bit more thought into it than they might’ve before she'd spent fifteen weeks of her life in this classroom.

That was all she could ask for really. For them to consider the consequences of their actions.

"Your finals are on your desks," she said finally. "Hand them in when you’re done, and you’re free to go and have a good summer."

[~~Wait for the~~ massive OCD is up! Yay!]

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One last time!

Anemone

Bridge Carson

Zack Addy

Adam Park

Z Delgado

Sky Tate

Anathema Device

Peter Parker

Yakushi Kabuto

You’d better not be sleeping today. Even if you are caffeine deprived.

At the top of every page is neatly written: The truth of your education cannot be measured by an exam. Only time can prove that. For now though, because I have been informed that I must mark something read and detail your opinion on the following quotations as to how you could apply them to your life and what they mean to you.

[Or, alternately, handwave doing the questions and tell me how well your character would’ve done. And answering the questions is probably more amusing.]

1. The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.
Jackson Pollock (1912 - 1956)

2. The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
Jane Wyman (1914 - )

3. There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
Ansel Adams (1902 - 1984)

1. While we are postponing, life speeds by.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)

2. It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), in Observer, April 13, 1958

3. Could you imagine how horrible things would be if we always told others how we felt? Life would be intolerably bearable.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 12-09-05

1. Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.
Stanislaw Lem (1921 - 2006)

2. Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958

3. Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

Anemone scowled down at the test, twirling her pencil. Stupid test, stupid ethics, and for some reason Naminé wasn't even here to pass notes with. Stupid stupid stupid.

Sighing, she started writing. She was so going to bug Naminé later. Yes, this class was dumb, but playing hooky and not inviting her was rude.

1. Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.
Stanislaw Lem (1921 - 2006)

Faith is the most dangerous weapon there is, she wrote, and the one most likely to turn on you. If you aren't careful how you wield it, it's going to end up using you, and the result isn't pretty.

Once you've lost it, you can't ever get it back, no matter how hard you try. Faith is instinctive, unhesitating, otherwise it's just conviction, and that's totally different.

2. Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can.
Elsa Maxwell, September 28, 1958

I do this all the time. Either I laugh about the crazy, or I go crazier. If you can't find the humor in life, you might as just kill yourself now, rather than let yourself die a little bit every day.

3. Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand.
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)

Anemone bit her lip and stared at the paper for a long time before answering this question.

I'm trying, she finally wrote, but I don't understand. I don't understand why I'm supposed to hate myself, why people think there's something wrong with me, why everything I think and feel is so wrong. I know I'm not the most mentally stable girl in the world, but I'd like to see what your mood swings look like with a couple different voices rattling around in your head. I thought that this was supposed to be a safe place for me to be different, that no one was supposed to hate me here for being me, but I've been judged just as much here as at home. Why should I understand that?

Sometimes I wonder if my problems is that I understand too much. I understand why I was made. I know what Colonel Dewey was trying to do, and what my purpose was. What I don't understand is why people expect me to be indignant about it. I'm not going to weep and wail and act like I'm sorry for who I am, what was done to me, or what I did, because I am not.

Maybe I'm just too Coralian to understand Humans. We've tried for thousands of years to communicate with you, and I think only Sakuya's the only one who ever succeeded.

So no, Dr. Mizrahi, I'm not going to weep. I might get indignant because I am sick and tired of the rest of you looking at me sideways, but I would think you should understand such frustration. I don't lack morals or ethics, despite what my guardians, classmates, and teachers may think, it's just that mine are different from yours. I'm not a human. I don't have your values or hangups, and I'm not going to apologize for that. I'm not going to stop trying to understand, but maybe humanity needs to try and understand me, too.

I'm just what you made me.

1. I have always recognized that the object of business is to make money in an honourable manner. I have endeavoured to remember that the object of life is to do good.
Peter Cooper

2. Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance.
Bruce Barton

3. One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.
Etty Hillesum

1. A friend told me that each morning when we get up we have to decide whether we are going to save or savor the world. I don't think that is the decision. It's not an either-or, save or savor. We have to do both, save and savor the world.
Kate Clinton

2. Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.
Jacques Delille

3. It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon. Which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.
Franklin P. Jones

1. The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), 1958

2. Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly.
Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)

3. For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

1. They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.
Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991

2. There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them.
Laura Preble, The Queen Geek Social Club, 2006

3. If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
Julia Sorel

Kabuto twirled his pencil for a while, before writing down his responses. Not answers - responses.

1. They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.
Henry Bromel, Northern Exposure, The Big Kiss, 1991

Perhaps that is why so few people are willing to share their dreams. And why the man Freud (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freud) is considered by many to be completely ridiculous.

2. There are worse things than looking stupid. Sleeping through life is one of them.
Laura Preble, The Queen Geek Social Club, 2006

Tell that to Nara Shikamaru.

3. If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.
Julia Sorel

There are always things more important than yourself. If you aren't willing to give everything without considering it a sacrifice, you shouldn't be doing what you are.

Whether he did well or not, Kabuto didn't much care. It wasn't like he was needing the grades for anything, anyway.

Edited 2008-04-24 03:48 (UTC)

1. There are three ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)

2. There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)

3. I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
Richard Lewis

1. We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.
Etty Hillesum

2. Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others.
Baltasar Gracian

3. Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James (1842 - 1910)

1. That is pretty much how I look at the world. I have seen and lived through so much complete insanity and all I want to do is make sense out of at least some of it. If it starts to make sense, then at least it was worth something. Once it starts to make sense, at least I'll know that it all happened for a reason.

2. I've devoted a decent chunk of my life by this point to trying to help people. I have a great power, so I have an equally great responsibility to do what I can. This often manifests itself in fighting people who want to hurt people. In an ideal world, I wouldn't have to do that. I could use my power to help people with my mind, or by helping do physical labor, or something. That would be my choice if my conscious mind really had a say in the matter. But when people decide to hurt others, it becomes my responsibility to protect, often through some violence. The criminals I subdue bring unpleasantness upon themselves with their actions. In time I'll do my best to focus more on the pleasant things, though. It's just tough to fit them in at this point.

3. When I first gained my powers, I freaked out. I had always been a geeky nerd, but all of a sudden I could do anything! And I couldn't tell anyone what had happened to me because I didn't know how anyone would react. I let this change me. I let myself become cocky and massively jerky. All of a sudden I actually had a bunch of friends (who didn't really like me all that much, I know) and my guardians didn't know what to do with me. My physical change brought me to a mental change and that changed my life. And that brought me to a horrible mistake that taught me the ultimate lesson about responsibility.

After that, I owned up to my responsibilities. I took these new responsibilities seriously for the first time. I became much less of a jerk. Over time I gained real friends. I earned respect and have never taken it for granted (which isn't tough since it's not a whole lot of respect). Basically, I got my head straightened out and thanks to that I've found the strength to keep going forward no matter what kind of nutty stuff happens to me. No matter how good or how horrible, I know that I can keep going. There's nothing I can't overcome at this point as long as I give it my all.

1. Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.
Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)

2. So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.
Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)

3. Only fools are positive.
Moe Howard (1897 - 1975)

Sky studied the paper long and hard, frowning slightly and considering each quotation before beginning to write.

1. I'm definitely not arrogant enough to think I've never made mistakes, nor ignorant enough to never have learned from them. Certainly I've made plenty even since coming here- but, looking back, I think this quote really is true. There are times when I've been about to make a big mistake and had something stop me- whether it's my own conscience or a friend who can see what I'm doing better than I can- and been able to rectify it. In the future, I will try to see these moments for myself and stop myself from making mistakes in the first place, because as the leader of a team (which isn't a guarantee, but I'm confident that I will be some day) I can't afford to make too many "great" ones.

The second question gave Sky some trouble, as in his universe, S.P.D. cadets were trained to capture at all costs- never kill- and he, thankfully, had never been in a position where he'd ever have to make that choice. Yet.

3. I wouldn't say a positive attitude is foolish. I myself try to be realistic and not an overt optimist, but not thinking positively at all would be just as foolish as being naively so. The world needs hope in order to move forward, no matter what crises we as individuals and as the human race may face.

1. The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)

2. It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.
Tony Benn

3. The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)

1. My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss.' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.
Jeff Foxworthy

2. It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Charles Dudley

3. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind.
William James (1842 - 1910)

Once he's here!

He's here! Yup.

Who wants coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.

Where did the semester go? You’ve been a great class!

And all the quotations were totally snaffled from The Quotations Page (http://www.quotationspage.com/). Which is an awesome page if you’re bored. Yes.

You. Rock. XD *is a dork, goes to answer*

Why thank you~! *grins*

This is a brilliant final. I love it. :D

Thanks for being a great teacher!

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During the Lecture

Final Questions!

Final Questions! Adam Park

Final Questions! Anathema Device

Final Questions! Anemone

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Final Questions! Bridge Carson

Final Questions! Edward Elric

Final Questions! Jennifer Scotts

Final Questions! Kabuto Yakushi

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Final Questions! Naminé

Final Questions! Peter Parker

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Final Questions! Sky Tate

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Final Questions! Z Delgado

Final Questions! Zack Addy

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Talk to Juli

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