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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]
"She made people think," he replied in a rare show of diplomacy. "You don't happen to have a very strong opinion on slavery, do you?"
Because some things had stuck with him, even decades later.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
"I think wanting to own other people is a bad thing?" She couldn't say she'd spent that much time thinking about the subject, but she passed ninth grade history and everything. "And, uh, I'm glad it doesn't happen anymore. Sir."
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
Nothing to do with keeping an eye on her. Really.
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
"Uh, sure. I mean, I have to go to work after class," Tara said, surprised. "Is that a problem?"
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
Re: Answer the questions! [Ethics 9/3]
She wondered if there was something else to say, and decided there wasn't (unless she wanted to start asking more about her other self, and that struck her as something she'd really rather not know), except "Thanks."