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fandomhigh2009-12-02 11:39 pm
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Ethics [Thursday, December 3, 1st period]
Anakin was trying very hard (very, very hard) to look as if he didn't know or care that he was wearing an entire elf costume today.
Yes, he'd set the stupid hat on fire. And the shoes with the bells. They kept. Coming. Back.
"You've had two weeks with your droid babies," Anakin said. "I trust that you've all learned valuable lessons about restraint in the face of lust, or at least the value of good birth control. Now we'll move on to the last of the seven major sins: sloth. Originally, sloth was described as 'an uneasiness of the mind'," he continued. "Apathy. Melancholy. Joylessness. And importantly, the decision not to do anything about it."
He shrugged. "The modern view understands that the mind is slightly more complicated than that and sometimes it is impossible to will yourself not to be sad. Instead, this sin focuses on the failure to utilize your talents and gifts."
He made eye contact with each student. "In a place filled with as many talented people as this one, I can view it as almost criminal to not live up to the potential each of you has. Today, pair up and talk about what your plans for the future are, and how what you will be doing will be helping you in what you might think of as your greater destiny."
He rolled his eyes. "You may also use this time to complain about what a horrible person I was to saddle you with fake children for a period of weeks, if you insist upon it."
Yes, he'd set the stupid hat on fire. And the shoes with the bells. They kept. Coming. Back.
"You've had two weeks with your droid babies," Anakin said. "I trust that you've all learned valuable lessons about restraint in the face of lust, or at least the value of good birth control. Now we'll move on to the last of the seven major sins: sloth. Originally, sloth was described as 'an uneasiness of the mind'," he continued. "Apathy. Melancholy. Joylessness. And importantly, the decision not to do anything about it."
He shrugged. "The modern view understands that the mind is slightly more complicated than that and sometimes it is impossible to will yourself not to be sad. Instead, this sin focuses on the failure to utilize your talents and gifts."
He made eye contact with each student. "In a place filled with as many talented people as this one, I can view it as almost criminal to not live up to the potential each of you has. Today, pair up and talk about what your plans for the future are, and how what you will be doing will be helping you in what you might think of as your greater destiny."
He rolled his eyes. "You may also use this time to complain about what a horrible person I was to saddle you with fake children for a period of weeks, if you insist upon it."
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Then again given her current outfit, she really, really might cry anyway. "I love the Christmas spirit, really I do," she said as she walked over carrying strategically-placed books that utterly failed to help. "But dear God."
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Clearing her throat, she tried again. "Sorry. It's dry in here."
Good cover, Karla. "That's a very interesting--outfit," she said, striving for casual. "Fandom's fault. Look! Merlin's dressed like a tiny snowman. Isn't that adorable?"
That's right, Karla, eyes on the kid.
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