fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, September 3, 1st period]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance as the door clicked shut behind him. If you were late, you weren't getting in. "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, pointing to the top of the page. "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. Instead I want you to give me a concrete example of a time you admitted to yourself that a problem cannot be solved, and that to sacrificing yourself wasn't a statement, but merely pointless?" His gaze swept the room. "How long does it take for you to realize you can't fix everything by yourself?"

He would hear the replies and choose his TAs from there.

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"Especially if you still believe that you are the only one who can do what you do," he added. "We take on far too much responsibility by believing we are completely irreplaceable."

"What if you are the only person who can do what you do?" she countered. "What if it isn't belief, but fact? Or even if you're not the only one who can, but you're the only one who will?"

"Then you are generally doomed to a stressful, violent and short life," Anakin said quietly.

She gave hima wry smile. "And now we've come to why I'm here. So I can survive till I'm strong enough to return. Hopefully then it'll be all rainbows and unicorns."

After that first messy civil war thing.

"But exile's a bitter choice when you know what you're leaving behind," Karla said, sighing.

Anakin nodded. "Especially when you feel you have a responsibility to set things right."

"Of course I do!" Karla said, with a bit of vehemence. "They're my people and my responsibility. I can't stop everything that's happening to them right now, but I will fix whatever I can once I am strong enough."

Then she slumped back. "Though I already know there are going to be things beyond my power to heal. Which is another answer, I supose. It doesn't matter how strong you are, you can't fix everything. Figuring out what is possible and focusing on that is tough but necessary."

Anakin nodded. "We get to that a bit later."

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