Food & Cultural Appreciation, Tuesday Third Period

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"All right, everybody," Raiden said once his students had gathered, "I hope everyone got my message about weather and dressed accordingly, because it will be hot and rainy where we're going today: Singapore. We'll be inside for most of the class, but we'll walk a few blocks to get there so you can get a feel for the city, so I hope everyone brought umbrellas!

"Singapore, for those of you who aren't familiar, is an island nation off the southern tip of the Malay peninsula in Asia. Singapore has one main island, which has one of the highest population densities on Earth, and as a result of its location bordering several different maritime areas and its history of British rule before gaining independence, it's a very multicultural society...which means it has a lot of different influences in its food: Chinese, Malaysian, Indian, Indonesian...there's just a lot of good stuff going on here." One might notice that he did not mention the British when talking about good influences on the food.

"Today we're going to the Chinatown Complex Food Centre, which is a sort of food court of "hawker stalls" each selling whatever they make best. You can get what you want and then find a table to try it at, and then go try something different! There are all sorts of options, from chicken rice, the unofficial national dish of Singapore, to noodle dishes like laksa, delicious dumplings like xiao long bao, seafood like chili crab, or Indonesian satay...really those are just the tip of the iceberg. On the sweeter things, I should note that durian is very popular here, and it's, um...well, you either love it or you hate it. If you do try anything with durian, it's important to note that you won't be able to bring it back with you due to Portalocity restrictions on the smell."

Dear gods, the smell.

"Anyway, enough talking! Let's head through the portal and get to eating! No guide this week, so you can choose your own adventure, but if you're not sure where to start just ask and I can help point you to some good options!"

World Mythology, Tuesday, 2nd Period.

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"Today, we start at the very beginning," Ghanima announced crisply, Trebor on her hip as he chewed on what looked like a toy dragon. "--Or as close to the beginning as such a young planet can get. Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from parts of the fertile crescent, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq."

( And ferocious Leviathans )

Ethics, Tuesday, First Period

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Class was meeting in the Danger Shop today, where there was no sign of Anakin, but there were piles of pet costumes and a number of simulated cats who looked remarkably similar to Anakitty.

"Following on from last week, one important aspect of developing your sense of ethics, is that developing one takes work," Ahsoka said after greeting the class. "You have to learn to understand yourself and your faults, and that you will have stumbles and failure. There are few things as dangerous as someone who believes they can never be in the wrong. Or that they could never act in an unethical manner.

"The truth is that there are very few people who cannot rationalise a certain amount of flexibility with regards to living up to their own ethical standards. For example, many ethical systems agree that harming another is wrong, but what constitutes harm? Is it physical damage, emotional trauma, bruised dignity?

"Say you do believe the last is an unethical form of harm. So if you were in a position where you could bruise someone's dignity, perhaps by dressing them in the most embarrassing costume you could find while they were turned into a cat," To pick a completely random example. "Of course you wouldn't do it.

"But what if this person had previously caused you a similar embarrassment? Would that make it more or less ethical? What if it wasn't actually them but a stand in? What if someone was planning on taking holos to show this person later?" She paused significantly. "These are all pressing ethical questions, that I trust you will give serious consideration during this lesson."