http://bugofjustice.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bugofjustice.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh2005-12-15 01:25 pm
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Criminal Justice Final Exam

[OOC: Sorry for the delay. Today has been wacky. Standard procedure, though. Get it done by the weekend if possible, Tuesday at the latest. Class Info Link.]

*The Tick is at his desk. In front of him are the exams. Lockheed is on his normal shelf and is waving what appears to be the answer key. More than likely, he's just being a bit of a jerk.*

"Well, class, it's been an interesting semester. My goal was to make this class a Treasure Map of Knowledge. I've tried to give you a Path to Learning Something, but hopefully I also managed to encourage you to use your own Metal Detectors of Pondering so you could find your own path to your own treasure."

"I hope that you will all walk away from here today rich with Gold Doubloons of Understanding. And I also hope that all of you will join me next semester in Advanced Criminal Justice, where we'll be dealing with more advanced maps, more advanced treasure, and more advanced metaphors."

"I will be here during class time next week if you would like to stop by and talk, or even just study for your other exams in a different place than usual. Your semester grades should be posted in this room some time next week as well."

Tick passed out the tests and sat back down as he said, "Good luck on your exams!"

1) Summarize what you learned about forgiveness and its place in the judicial/penal system.

2) Explain how a being who survives repeated murder attempts could be considered a worse criminal than the attempted murderer.

3) While we all love Justice, like with every spoon we sometimes spill some of the soup. So is it best to sometimes let a guilty carrot escape or is it better to get spill free spoons where an innocent piece of leek gets eaten?

4) Give a detailed understanding of the idea of redemption, and what society can do to ensure that Justice is served in the cases of reformed/reforming criminals.

5) List three things you learned about Justice from that book that we don't know the name of or exactly what it's about or who the author is.

6) ESSAY: Create a metaphor involving Justice and ducklings. Keep it between 25-75 words.

Extra Credit -

A) Make up a sentence that has to do with Justice using only words beginning with the letters of your name. Only one word per letter in your name, and each letter can only be used once. They can be arranged in any order as long as they form a complete sentence. (For example, the words in a sentence for Rory could be arranged "Y R G M R L R I O E.") Bonus points if you only use your first name.

B) After taking this class for this long, you should know how to summarize your feelings about Justice and how you feel about those who try to evade it in a brief word or phrase. Go ahead. Give your battlecry!

Re: Exams

[identity profile] emo-padawan.livejournal.com 2005-12-15 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
1. Forgiveness is separate from the justice system. The system must prosecute wrongdoers without emotion. The victims of a crime should be allowed to forgive, or not forgive, on their own timeline.

2. Perhaps this being should be examining its actions more carefully. If someone has attempted to kill it multiple times, it might be following a pattern of reckless endangerment of its own life. Of course, it might also be someone sent out on insanely difficult Jedi diplomatic missions where everyone's always trying to kill me them. But if this being has some kind of special powers that bars it from being killed and it then goads other beings into trying to kill it--well, I'm not sure what kind of law might be on the books for such an event, but it doesn't seem very Just.

3. This is something that we have been discussing for millenia where I come from. We are gradually moving towards an era where the occassional innocent leek is eaten because in a time of fear and war, using a bigger spoon to catch more evil carrots means you also pick up more leeks. I do not believe this is truly just.

4. Good and evil exist. Redemption, for most things, is possible. But society must watch for those beings who take advantage of society's generous nature and pretend redemption while not making concrete reforms. Actions speak louder than words. And electronic collars might not speak, but they can certainly help a criminal on his path of redemption. At least where I come from. It beats the prison worlds, in any event.

5. a.That the thing with the guy about that case was important.
b. That the author needed more concrete examples when dealing with that one issue.
c. That Justice is really that concept that was the main thesis of the book.

6. Ducklings of Justice float along on the smooth lake of Society, eating the Breadcrumbs of Crime and turning it into the Fertilizer of Righteousness.

EXTRA CREDIT:

1. Revenge killings are not sane ckhoices: killing an innocent, like a youngling, never ends well.

2. NOOOOOoooooOOOOO!