So You Say You Want a Revolution: Week 15, Period 3

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

This week being much more sane than the last, Aly was sitting on her desk, waiting for the everyone to arrive. "Morning all. Welcome to last class of the semester. I don't believe in final exams - if you live through it, you passed. And since I don't generally support overthrowing the school administration -" except in extreme cases, Dolores "- There's really not much of a scope for a practical examination."

"So I hope that you've all learned things. And I hope that you don't hesitate to put what you learned to use in defense of your people, your country, or anyone who needs it. I have the notes here from our first class. What I'd like you to do is look over your answer to the question 'when are revolutions appropriate, and what would it take for you to rebel against the current power structure.' Take a look and then discuss if your opinion has changed. Why or why not?"

Once the discussion was over, Aly nodded, glancing from student to student. "I hope you learned something from this class, and I hope if you ever need me, you'll let me know. We've been talking about revolution and war this term, so I'm leaving you with a quote I found a few years ago from a stateman of this country. It's something to think about. 'I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, [...] in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music...'"

Comments

Re: Talk to Aly [Rev 12-15]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara wouldn't have missed class if she'd been better at fighting off the goblins in the first place, but since she wasn't going to get into that here. "If you insist."

Re: Talk to Aly [Rev 12-15]

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Details. "And I do," Aly agreed, giving Care a warm smile. "I've enjoyed having you in class this semester."

Re: Talk to Aly [Rev 12-15]

[wrongkindofsith]

Cara's body language relaxed as she replied "I enjoyed this class. The material was interesting." And potentially useful if Richard didn't hurry up and take the throne before someone else did.