Ethics [Thursday, March 8, 2012, 1st period]

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When Anakin swept into the classroom this morning, he was accompanied by a half dozen droid babies, all holding little stuffed Ewoks and glancing around the classroom with curious, if slightly dead, eyes.

"It's that time of year again," Anakin said, not even trying to hide his glee. "Ethics in practice. It's easy to decide on a code of action that you think will define your life--it's much different to enforce that on a small, sentient being. Thus the droid babies. For the next week, you and a partner--except for you, Miss McGill, and I apologize for that--will be parents to these droid babies. They are approximately six months old, and are crawling and able to understand--" if not exactly respond correctly to, "--the word no. You must be constantly vigilent to make sure they are well-fed, clean, sleeping correctly and not putting electronics in their mouths."

Anakin would never understand human babies' obsessions with chewing on wires.

"Oh, and there will be one more assignment this week. There will be an NPC a photographer next Monday to take you and your droid child's photograph, just to be absolutely sure that you haven't foisted your assignment off onto your partner and to give you the opportunity to take your droid into unfamiliar circumstances."

And because he and Jaye shouldn't be allowed to talk to each other. "Listen for your names and come pick up your assignment."

Comments

Chat before class [3/8]

[sith_happened]

Worry about where Anakin is.

Sign in [3/8]

[sith_happened]

Like you're going to be a parent for a week.

Re: Sign in [3/8]

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

Dave Nelson

Re: Sign in [3/8]

[ihavediabetes.livejournal.com]

Stacey McGill

Re: Sign in [3/8]

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam Puckett

Pick up your droid!

[sith_happened]

You lucky people.

Re: Pick up your droid: Alex & Gabrielle

[sith_happened]

And your baby boy.

Re: Pick up your droid: Alex & Gabrielle

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

The last time Gabrielle had had a kid, it hadn't gone so well.

. . . um. This droid baby wasn't evil, was it?

Re: Pick up your droid: Alex & Gabrielle

[godofxbox]

"So," Alex said, "do you know anything about kids? Because I really don't."

Re: Pick up your droid: Billy & Dorothy

[sith_happened]

And your little girl.

Re: Pick up your droid: Billy & Dorothy

[selfhelphero]

Billy didn't see Dorothy in class, so he went to get the droid himself, handling it--her carefully. This had so much potential to go terribly wrong.

Re: Pick up your droid: Elle & Puck

[sith_happened]

And your little girl.

Re: Pick up your droid: Elle & Puck

[sexonyoursheets.livejournal.com]

It was all Puck could do not to accidentally lift the baby up incorrectly.

It would be an interesting weekend. Though he knew how to hold a football and apparently that was all that mattered with these things, sometimes.

Re: Pick up your droid: Dave & Kate

[sith_happened]

And your baby boy.

Re: Pick up your droid: Dave & Kate

[iwishiwasbig.livejournal.com]

"I never thought I'd be a teenage father," Dave said, staring at the baby like it might explode. "Especially not just because I took a class."

Re: Pick up your droid: Dave & Kate

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"It wasn't in my plans either," Kate assured him, similarly not looking like she was intending to go touching it any time soon.

"I know nothing about babies."

Re: Pick up your droid: Ryan & Simon

[sith_happened]

And your baby girl.

Re: Pick up your droid: Ryan & Simon

[serial-quitter.livejournal.com]

"Well, this should be interesting," said Ryan, peering down at the droid baby without picking it up. "I don't know anything about babies. I was an only child."

Re: Pick up your droid: Sam & Loki

[sith_happened]

And your little boy.

Re: Pick up your droid: Sam & Loki

[hurtingzeebo]

Sam might've already been thinking of how she could get the droid baby to make penny tees and eat dog food.

This kid might be doomed.

Re: Pick up your droid: Stacey

[sith_happened]

You get twins! But that's okay because you're a babysitter, right?

Re: Pick up your droid: Stacey

[ihavediabetes.livejournal.com]

Stacey didn't have a problem with the assignment at all. She thought it was sad that she had to be a single mom for a week, and this was going to put a big crimp in her social life, but she was sure she could handle it.

What could go wrong?

Talk to Anakin or Gabrielle [3/8]

[sith_happened]

Bitch as much as you like: you're keeping the kid for a week.

Re: Talk to Anakin or Gabrielle [3/8]

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle was not bitching, no, but she'd let you bitch at her about it if you wanted to.

OOC

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