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fandomhigh2009-09-02 11:29 pm
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2009-09-02 11:29 pm
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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.
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.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
"Some of my pain is ... well, mine," she said, carefully. "It's people I've lost, or mistakes I've made. I wouldn't want to let go of all of it. It's part of who I am. It makes me appreciate what I have all the more. I wouldn't say that I desire it, necessarily, but I'd resist it being taken from me."
She noticed the look between the two, and wondered for a moment about the undercurrents to the conversation she didn't comprehend.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
She hoped Professor Skywalker would not be upset that they had derailed the topic of the day. She was also a bit oblivious to the fact that she had done the same in the past -- pushing people away -- because her pain was different, naturally.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
"That's always frustrating," she agreed. "Maybe ... they just aren't ready yet?"
She wondered if some people ever would be.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]