Ethics [Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 1st period]

[sith_happened]

After receiving Ben's message on Saturday, to say that Anakin was a little anxious to see what had happened to the droid babies over the past week was vastly understating things.

Anakin had never really that lesson about letting things go and he'd always had an affinity for building his own friends droids.

None of that anxiety showed on his face as he breezed into the classroom and leaned against his desk. "So I hear it was an interesting weekend," he said, sounding a little dry. "It gives us an excellent opportunity to talk about how our morality can evolve over time. Something you thought was icky and wrong as a five year old--kissing other people, for instance, or taking regular baths--can be part of your everyday life as a teenager."

Especially the bath thing, Anakin hoped.

"And while children often play at raising other children through play, they aren't really that equipped to be primary caretakers for another living being." So thank the Force they'd had droids. "Tell me about your adventures as parents this week and how that shifted over the weekend, or if you'd prefer, discuss three ways your views have changed on the world since you were a child."

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Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Bryan Robot," Mercy said. "No decision on a last name, but at least he had a first and middle, so we weren't referring to him as an it."

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[sith_happened]

"I appreciate that," Anakin said with a little smile. "Was the experience about what you'd expected?"

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[walkswithcoyote]

She considered that for a moment. "There really aren't a lot of kids where I grew up, so I don't have much experience with them. Still, yeah, it wasn't much different from what I expected. Just a lot of work."

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "And you can't really stop watching them unless they're asleep."

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[walkswithcoyote]

"Yes," she agreed. "A lot of work, but you can see where they'd be worth it if they were your kid."

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[sith_happened]

"Was it more difficult to form that sort of bond with an assignment over the course of week?" Anakin asked.

Re: Answer the discussion question! [11/15]

[walkswithcoyote]

"I think... my partner and I didn't exactly see eye to eye and mostly just switched off with Bryan - until the weekend when I sort of ended up leaving him with another student because I was too young to know how to take care of him," Mercy said thoughtfully. "That made it harder. Plus, usually before you have a child, there's all the lead up period to getting ready for it, which we didn't have."