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Anakin Skywalker ([personal profile] sith_happened) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2010-11-18 09:04 am
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Ethics [Tuesday, November 18, 2nd period]

Today the students, who would be returning their fake children, would be greeted with the sight of Anakin holding his seventeen month old daughter Juliet as they entered the classroom.

Well, restraining her. She was really interested in all of the stuffed Ewok toys. "I know many of you expressed a lack of understanding with what I was aiming at with this assignment," he said, waving his hand in the Force and grabbing one of the stuffed animals for the toddler, who squealed with appreciation.

"In many schools in this country and in this dimension, being assigned fake children is part of your health classes in order to instill a level of responsibility and understanding of cause and effect. In an ethics course, it is equally important to learn how you would react to being placed in such a situation. My best friend, who had never in his life dreamed of being placed with the responsibility of a child, was given one when the mother died unexpectedly."

And a nice spin on his Dark Side fall that was.

"Many unexpected offspring are brought into the universe through untamed lust," he continued, "which is why the droid babies come out during that class. But for me--and hopefully for you--the important lesson to learn were how you did dealing with the unexpected. Did you communicate well with your partner? Did you avoid the responsibility of the assignment entirely? Did you spend your week pointlessly hating me? What did you learn this week?"

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[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Elphaba Thropp
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2010-11-18 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Cara

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[identity profile] talks-backwards.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Zatanna Zatara

Re: Answer the discussion questions [11/18]

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I originally reacted poorly," Elphaba said. "While I'd like to blame my attitude on the peculiarities of the week, I know that it was just how I normally react. While probably not the lesson intended, or perhaps maybe it was, I realized that even when you're dealing with a responsibility you don't care for, it's still a responsibility. Just because it doesn't matter to you doesn't mean it doesn't matter to someone."

Re: Talk to Anakin [11/18]

[identity profile] didntchewgrass.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
After class, Elphaba approached Anakin with a somber expression on her face.

"I have come to apologize," she said, simply.

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[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Leda

Re: Listen to the lecture [11/18]

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Leda wondered if actual babies would have weighed as much as the droids had. Particularly ones with Elf blood.

She'd learned enough to think that if she dealt with fake, creepy babies even tolerably well (she hadn't neglected their needs when she was watching them, but she may have been a bit emotionally distant. Typical of Elven parents sadly), she'd be awesome with real infants.

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[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Dana Scully

Re: Listen to the lecture [11/18]

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Scully was pretty glassy-eyed with exhaustion at this point. And ever-so-grateful to be able to give her science projects back to their mad creator.

Re: Answer the discussion questions [11/18]

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"That I can endure anything if I make it a science project." Scully yawned. "And take notes." And that robot babies were not enough like real babies to leave her in memory-induced tears all week, as she'd feared. "And that robot dolls make a great conversational piece."

Re: Answer the discussion questions [11/18]

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Everyone wanted to know what they were, and how they worked, and why I had them." Scully put her hand over her mouth to stifle another yawn. "Explaining about them lead to some interesting talks. Last week especially." Muzzily, she added, "If you hold the Frohike upside-down, he giggles. And the Langley doesn't like loud noises. You did a really good job with making them individual entities, sir."

Re: Answer the discussion questions [11/18]

[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"Very impressive," Scully conceded. She was quiet a minute. "I didn't want to do this assignment... for reasons I don't want to get into. I was--" Scared. Hurting. Angry. "--anxious." She blinked at the dolls, then back at Anakin. "They aren't like real kids in one inescapable way, though." She sighed and put her head down. "You can give these back and not worry about them after."

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[identity profile] showmetheproof.livejournal.com 2010-11-18 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh good." Scully sighed, last worry allayed. "Here's the paper I wrote on them. The Appendix covers forms of birth control available to teens our age in this dimension." She was talking to the desk now, nearly asleep. "I think I covered the possible courses of action post-pregnancy pretty well too...." Yaaaaawn.

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