fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, February 3, 1st period]

"Everyone look under your chairs, please," Anakin said as his class arrived. A third of the students ~~going 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.

"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. Isn't envy fun? Under its grip we never concentrate on the gifts we have been given.We focus instead on what others have that we want," Anakin said. "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?"

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"I guess that would help," Rinoa said, unconvinced. Sometimes it felt lonelier in the middle of the crowd. "Having people around. Both with the lonely, and with the envy. If everyone thinks that you have fawning admirers on all sides ..."

"Then it doesn't matter if half of them are waiting for you to turn around so they can stab you in the back," Quinn finished. "Image counts."

Rinoa considered it. "They might be scared off from it, anyway," she added. "The back-stabbers. If they think everyone else really is sold on your mystique, that makes it scarier to go up against you."

Rinoa was rewarded with a smile. "And now you understand how to stay popular at a normal school."

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