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fandomhigh2011-05-09 09:27 am
atreideslioness) wrote in fandomhigh2011-05-09 09:27 am
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Destiny & Free Will, Week I [Monday, Period 2]
Ghanima was already in the classroom as the students assembled, leaning against her desk as they filed past her. Holding a steaming mug of spiced coffee in her hands, she subjected each person to an apparently disinterested inspection from her glowing blue-on-blue eyes.
Not even another Truthsayer would have been able to tell what she was thinking.
The moment the bell rang, her eyes snapped from the door to the children seated around the room. "Good afternoon," she said in a clear voice that carried effortlessly. "This is Destiny and Free Will. If you are in the wrong class, please consider this your opportunity to leave. Although if you are here and believe in fate, then you are where you are supposed to be, no matter what it says on your schedule."
"I am Lady Ghanima Atreides of Arrakis. You may address me as Miss Atreides, Lady Ghanima, Miss Ghanima, or some variation thereof. For those of you whom I have had in class before," she smiled suddenly, looking far less severe. "Welcome back."
"This class is designed to look at the differing opinions on predestination and freewill from a variety of religious, temporal, and philosophical schools of thought," she continued. "Regardless of any personal experiences you may have had on this topic, I expect everyone to maintain a respectful and open mind towards the subject matter and your classmates. Mocking destiny is a dangerous pastime, and not one I will permit during class hours. What you do on your own time, however, is your business."
"There is no syllabus, because to have one would tell you when a class is fated to fall. Or perhaps it is free choice which allows me to not have one." Ghanima's smile was decidedly impish. "For now, I'd like us to discuss as a group if you believe in destiny, free will, or neither, and why."
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Not even another Truthsayer would have been able to tell what she was thinking.
The moment the bell rang, her eyes snapped from the door to the children seated around the room. "Good afternoon," she said in a clear voice that carried effortlessly. "This is Destiny and Free Will. If you are in the wrong class, please consider this your opportunity to leave. Although if you are here and believe in fate, then you are where you are supposed to be, no matter what it says on your schedule."
"I am Lady Ghanima Atreides of Arrakis. You may address me as Miss Atreides, Lady Ghanima, Miss Ghanima, or some variation thereof. For those of you whom I have had in class before," she smiled suddenly, looking far less severe. "Welcome back."
"This class is designed to look at the differing opinions on predestination and freewill from a variety of religious, temporal, and philosophical schools of thought," she continued. "Regardless of any personal experiences you may have had on this topic, I expect everyone to maintain a respectful and open mind towards the subject matter and your classmates. Mocking destiny is a dangerous pastime, and not one I will permit during class hours. What you do on your own time, however, is your business."
"There is no syllabus, because to have one would tell you when a class is fated to fall. Or perhaps it is free choice which allows me to not have one." Ghanima's smile was decidedly impish. "For now, I'd like us to discuss as a group if you believe in destiny, free will, or neither, and why."
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