Ethics [Tuesday, January 5, 2nd period]

[sith_happened]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance--lingering a moment on a few faces--as the door clicked shut behind him. If you were late, you weren't getting in. "I'm Master Anakin 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, if I don't recognize you already--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 sacrificing yourself wasn't a statement, but was merely pointless." His gaze swept the room. "How long does it take for you to realize you can't fix everything by yourself? Have you ever learned that lesson?"

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Re: Answer the discussion question [1/5]

[therewaslife]

"I haven't run into a time when there hasn't been some solution to a problem even if I wasn't the one doing the solving," said Bod, thinking back as far as he could. The only example that came to mind had been initial escape from the man Jack. Considering he'd been a mere toddler then, Bod didn't feel like it was a solid example.

"Not a significant one, at least," he added, with a quick shake of his head. "I know that there are problems that must be impossible to solve but I still think I'd try, at least a few times. You never know until you try."

Safe to say, Bod hadn't really learned the lesson of when something was pointless. He'd had to solve his problems to protect his family, friends and home.

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/5]

[sith_happened]

"That's an important distinction to be making," Anakin said, "that you might not be the one solving the problem. Asking for assistance is an incredibly valuable lesson to learn. How many times would you try something before asking for another perspective on the problem?"

Re: Answer the discussion question [1/5]

[therewaslife]

"I think it would depend on the situation," said Bod, giving a small shrug. Bod could be stubborn. Bod could be incredibly stubborn when he was angry. "It's hard to give you a solid answer because all situations are different and prone to sometimes having a multitude of solutions."