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fandomhigh2010-09-30 08:54 am
sith_happened) wrote in fandomhigh2010-09-30 08:54 am
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Ethics [Thursday, September 30]
Anakin had backed himself up against his desk looking a little hunted as a unicorn talked to him. "You're so tall," it was saying happily. "And have such nice blue eyes--"
"Um, right," he said, turning his attention to the class. "Everyone look under your chairs, please," he said. A third of the studentsgoing by how they sign into class would find a bag with a full-sized chocolate bar waiting for them. A third would find a bag with a fun-sized chocolate bar. A third would find nothing at all.
"Oooh, chocolate!" the unicorn squealed. "That's so nice!"
Anakin ignored the unicorn as he waited for whatever grumbling there might be to subside. "Anyone feeling a little ripped off right now?" he asked rhetorically. "Two minutes ago no one had any candy and everyone was fine. Now I haven't taken anything away from anyone, no one's any worse off than they were when they walked in the door, and some of you are thinking very nasty things about me. Some of you have more than you did when you came into the classroom and still feel like you've been given an unfair deal."
"That's really smart," the unicorn commented.
Anakin moved on. "Isn't envy fun? Under its grip we never concentrate on the gifts we have been given."
"Like your hair," the unicorn added.
"Instead we focus on what others have that we want," Anakin said as his cheeks heated. "It's entirely a question of attitude. Today's question: how would someone capitalize on that very human failing if they were seeking to manipulate others?"
He looked around. "And where did that rainbow come from?"
The unicorn looked embarrassed.
"Um, right," he said, turning his attention to the class. "Everyone look under your chairs, please," he said. A third of the students
"Oooh, chocolate!" the unicorn squealed. "That's so nice!"
Anakin ignored the unicorn as he waited for whatever grumbling there might be to subside. "Anyone feeling a little ripped off right now?" he asked rhetorically. "Two minutes ago no one had any candy and everyone was fine. Now I haven't taken anything away from anyone, no one's any worse off than they were when they walked in the door, and some of you are thinking very nasty things about me. Some of you have more than you did when you came into the classroom and still feel like you've been given an unfair deal."
"That's really smart," the unicorn commented.
Anakin moved on. "Isn't envy fun? Under its grip we never concentrate on the gifts we have been given."
"Like your hair," the unicorn added.
"Instead we focus on what others have that we want," Anakin said as his cheeks heated. "It's entirely a question of attitude. Today's question: how would someone capitalize on that very human failing if they were seeking to manipulate others?"
He looked around. "And where did that rainbow come from?"
The unicorn looked embarrassed.
Re: Listen to the lecture [9/30]
And as for the chocolate? That was more chocolate than he'd ever seen at one time in his life.
Logically, he knew sharing it would be the right thing to do. But then there was the fact that he'd spent the last eight years in an environment where if you had something someone else wanted, you couldn't expect to have it much longer.
So, yeah. That chocolate was getting eaten. And then William was going to go back to trying his very best to stay awake and listen to the rest of the lecture.