Sunday, May 06, 2007

Ethical Question

The following is a *hypothetical* situation:

Lets say a boy shows up to class after recess still carrying his bag of chocolate-filled biscuits. His teacher, bless her, asks him in the sweetest of ways to PLEASE PUT IT AWAY. Five minutes later, he's still slyly munching on them. The teacher has no choice but to confiscate the lot. The lesson is over, the boy leaves, no one really remembers the bag of soft chocolate filled biscuits that's tossed aside. A few hours later, the teacher is finally done with her lessons for the day. She chaperones the last batch of boys to their next lesson then rushes to her classroom and collapses on the floor. She is exhausted, drained and suffering from SERIOUS sugar depletion. She suddenly notices the bag of soft chewy goowy chocolate filled mini biscuits tossed on the side, abandoned, unloved, and unappreciated. She could swear she heard it call out to her in a soft hissing sound "munch usssssss" (but again that could easily be a side effect for the sugar-depletion-induced hallucinations:P).

I guess my questions is: To munch or not to munch?

Oh and if you could get back to me quickly, I'd really appreciate it. My will power can only stand so much.
Erm, I mean hypothetically speaking, of course.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would suggest: take one and confess to him tomorrow

Anonymous said...

go for it, if you deal wth children, act as one.

Mar Yoom said...

Dear not-so-anonymous, I took two:P

Zuzu:
hehehehehehehehehe
Loved the advice! Although technically I'm not just "dealing" with them, I'm supposed to be "barabbi il ajyal"- yeah yeah I know, what kind of world do we live in when MARIAM is allowed to itrabbi ajyal:P

and yet, it's true :D

Livin' la vida loca!

p.s. I can't believe it took me so long to discover the joy of confiscating sweeets!!! few things offer such instantaneous rewards:P
mmmmmm