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[sith_happened]

After checking his office to make sure Ferus wasn't hiding in a closet or under his desk or something equally inane, Anakin flopped into his chair, consulted his notes briefly so he could remember which students he'd taught when, and waited for the first person to walk through the open into his office.

They couldn't have the coffee in his hands, by the way. Anakin needed that so he didn't tell everyone what he really thought.

[OOC: Up early so I don't forget. Off to Rennfest tomorrow, but should be back by midafternoon. SP=love!]

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[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded thoughtfully. "She's one who has headfirst into the timeline issues that come with the island," he began. "Has she told you about this?"

[ponytailedturk]

"She's... mentioned them, to some degree, yes," Tseng agreed, nodding faintly. "I'm experiencing them first-hand myself, this weekend."

Two Tsengs was too much Tseng for any one island, entirely. He supposed, as the other Tseng had as well, that it was only fortunate that the Zack he'd been hearing about hadn't decided to invite his own along, as well.

"She's expressed some difficulty, regarding the way that different timelines converge on this island?"

[sith_happened]

"Well, it's Rosalind, so 'express' might be exaggerating a bit," Anakin replied. "She's not the biggest sharer of emotions, especially if they are ones that would make her appear vulnerable."

[ponytailedturk]

Tseng's expression shifted, momentarily, into a wry smile.

"Yes, I am aware of that," he noted. "As I am also aware that there are a handful of different timelines that this island seems to have pulled people from my world out of. In spite of Rosalind's most outward reactions, I can only imagine that the effects have been... slightly unsettling."

And yet, he couldn't afford to pull her from this school just yet, either. It was a bit of a catch-22.

[sith_happened]

Anakin nodded. "I can read people's emotions," he said, "but I don't want to really push her in a room full of her peers. I'm personally familiar with the unsettled feeling that can come with being here. I've met two of my grandchildren, which I'm obviously not old enough to have yet."

[ponytailedturk]

"Obviously," Tseng agreed, looking thoughtfully at the man before him. The ability to read emotions? That was intriguing all on its own. "Of course I wouldn't ask you to put Rosalind on the spot in front of the other students. Or, for that matter, at all. Her business is, ultimately, her own."

Which completely explained why he was here this weekend, checking in on her. It was different. He was the boss.

"Would you say that she's at least been getting along with the other students?"

He would get around to wondering what the hell a Turk was doing in an Ethics class in just a moment.

[sith_happened]

"For the most part," Anakin said, nodding. "There are a great many different opinions offered in an ethics class that crosses so many dimensions. Some times things get heated."

[ponytailedturk]

"Completely fair," decided Tseng. "So long as their discussions have the proper supervision. And I trust that you've been making certain that heated discussions remain discussions."

It was only a hunch, really, but Tseng imagined that this man was not the sort to put up with too much trouble in his classroom.

"If you don't mind, might I ask about the presentation of your class' subject matter? It sounds to me as though you're teaching a discussion class, composed mainly of lecture and theory. Would that be a correct assumption?"

[sith_happened]

Anakin's lips quirked up slightly. "They remain very civil discussions," he said. "And it's based on how I was taught: I was given questions, thought through them on my own, and arrived at a conclusion. In a subject as subjective as ethics, what I believe to be right will be seen as hopelessly naive by one student and far too extreme by another, depending on where and how they grew up."

[ponytailedturk]

"Best to let your students discover their ethical values on their own, as they pertain to their personal situation, as opposed to telling them what those values ought to be," Tseng noted. There was a very subtle hint of something that resembled approval in his voice, at least. "A fitting approach, when your students already believe that they know everything."

They were high schoolers. Of course they did.

[sith_happened]

"Exactly," Anakin said, rolling his eyes. "They'll learn when they hit the real world that they aren't nearly as experienced as they believe themselves to be. But in my class, they'll have at least thought about a decision before they make it blindly."

[ponytailedturk]

"Well then, I hope for the sake of the students," and Rosalind in particular, of course, "that you continue to provoke a good many thoughts as the semester progresses."

Because, as was his experience with Rosalind, she tended to make those very ethical sorts of decisions... that landed her in very hot water time and again.

[sith_happened]

"They don't tend to thank me for them, but if they aren't squirming by the end of the discussions, it means I haven't pushed them past what they were comfortable with," Anakin replied. "I'll keep an eye out for Rosalind, too."

[ponytailedturk]

"I would appreciate that," Tseng replied, offering Anakin a small, businesslike nod of his head. "And I thank you for your time."

[sith_happened]

"You have been the least irritating visit so far," Anakin replied, smiling. "Stop by again any time."