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"I found an exercise recently I thought would be a good topic for our class today," Steve said, handing out photocopies of the exercise in question. "Those of you who are unfamiliar with who Hitler is may ask your classmates, or me. Now. Discuss."

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"I don't know what happened last week," Steve said, which was true, since he'd ceased to exist or been dead or something, he didn't know, the entire time. "I do, however, understand Deadpool was one of your substitute teachers, so why don't you all just...forget whatever was said." That seemed like it might be a good idea.

"Consider the role responsibility plays in decision-making. You might have wanted to take a nap or watch the Olympics this afternoon, but you had a responsibility to come to class, and made the decision to come. Believe me, I do understand it might not be what you wanted to do this afternoon, but you made a responsible choice. Good for you. However, sometimes you can give 'what's responsible' too much weight in a decision, to the point of ignoring what you really want or need, or even what you know to be morally a better choice." Tony. "I'm not going to give you any discussion topics today because I think some of you might have your own experiences over the last week or two to consider. I just want to leave you with the consideration that your responsibilities are important, but sometimes you owe it to yourself to consider other factors as well. And, that said, you're dismissed to do whatever you want for the rest of the afternoon." Steve would be watching the Olympics.

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It was Friday again, and that meant everyone's favorite enforcers were at the head of the classroom and ready to drop some knowledge bombs.

Or, you know, traumatize people. Po-Tay-Toh, Poh-Tah-Toh.

"Well, it looks like you kids survived the week. So, congrats there. Gold stars all around," Deadpool said brightly.

Bo looked less than impressed, with both the class and her colleague. "Of course, some people - like Headmistress Umbridge, for instance - have slightly higher standards for good decision-making than 'Did you die yet.'"

"Such as: How to deal with traitors!" Yeah, this was going to be a cheerful class.

Bo nodded, though she didn't stop giving Deadpool the hairy eyeball. "As satisfying as it might be to just stab the hell out of them right away--" Why yes, that was a knife with a six-inch long blade she just pulled out of her boot and was now making helpful illustrative gestures with. "Sometimes the wiser decision is to wait."

Comb that eyeball, Bo! Deadpool responded to that by pulling out a sword and oh so casually placing it on the desk. He'd played this game before, damn it. "Because maybe they can lead us to the wacky resistance members for more stabbing!"

"True." Bo wasn't putting her knife down, thanks. "Or maybe they need to be corrected for their naughty behavior, and keeping them alive will make it hurt longer."

"So!" Deadpool said, clapping his hands together like an excited kindergarten teacher. "Who wants to share with the class how best to deal with this hive of scum and villainy?"

"Bonus points," Bo added with a bit of a dreamy expression crossing her face, "for incorporating 'What Would Headmistress Umbridge Do' into your answer." The expression quickly turned stony as she added, "Unless your answer is stupid, in which case Deadpool gets to shiv you. AFTER I'm done punishing you for insulting my-- your High Inquisitor."

[OOC: Merccubus OCD is go!]

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"Let's talk about morals," Steve said. "Certainly, the consideration of what's morally right should come into consideration when making decisions. Sometimes, this can be complicated--for instance, there are hypotheticals that will ask you to choose between killing one person and letting several die, although they're very black and white. I prefer to save everyone." Obviously. "But that's the thing, there are moral shades of grey, and it's important to remember what's morally right for you may not fall in line with someone else's beliefs. For example, many people believe it's perfectly fine to eat meat. A lot of people don't, and may even believe that the people who do eat meat are behaving immorally. Is either of them wrong? What do you think? And, can you think of any examples of things you believe are right that others might believe are immoral? Let's talk about it."

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"Frequently," Steve began, jumping straight into today's lecture, "when one is attempting to make a decision about something, it's a good idea to weigh the pros and cons--or positive and negative things--about each option. For example, take the hypothetical of 'should I move to a universe full of zombies with my girlfriend or boyfriend after graduation, or go to college in my home universe like my parents want me to?' On the one hand, your significant other is in the zombie universe and that relationship is important to you, and maybe you're not sure if you want to go to college at all, but adventure appeals to you, but on the other, it's full of zombies, so there's a definite risk of dying or becoming one of the shambling undead, and you and your significant other might break up in the future. You might not be able to establish a legal identity there. These are important things to consider when making your decisions, even minor ones like 'which outfit should I wear today?'

"Let's play with a hypothetical. You live in a universe that has recently passed a law requiring anyone with any kind of superhuman power to register with the government--which would mean the government would then have your full name, exact details of your powers, and the right to draft you. But you'd be on the right side of the law. So those are some pros and cons right there. I'd like for everyone to brainstorm up any more you can think of, and then you're going to have some homework this week." Steve shrugged. "I know, I know, but you need to practice using these skills. So, any time you find yourselves with a decision to make and you can't quite decide this week, I want you to sit down and make a list of pros and cons, then weigh them before making your decision. That's it. Now. Let's talk about our hypothetical."

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"Good afternoon," Steve said to his assembled students. "I'm Steve Rogers, and that's Mr. Rogers to you, and I'll be your teacher for this term. I'd like to think you've made a good decision already by deciding to take this workshop--unless of course you didn't sign up for it yourself, in which case someone else may have made a good decision on your behalf.

"It's been my experience that introductions are traditional for the first week of classes, so we're going to do that, and then we'll discuss a scenario where some bad decision-making was involved. So, I'd like everyone to state their name, where they're from, and why you decided to take this class." Again with the decisions. They were kind of going to be a theme.

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