Last model school class

Today was my last day to teach. Tomorrow is their test and Friday we just give them certificates for participation. So I thought I would finally pull out something philosophical. I put together a group of ethical dilemmas which the students had to resolve in some way. That is, they were given an ethical situation, given three alternative ways of resolving it, asked to decide on one of those and then to "role play" their solution, that is, put together a little play inw which they performed their solution. So, for example, in one of the dilemmas a person discovers that her married friend is having an affair, and must determine what to do. Does she (a) just keep quiet, (b) secretely inform the husband about the affair, or (c) confront the friend. They decided to confront the friend and put on a great role play in which this occurs. In general, I was amazed at how good they were at these role plays and how much they seemed to enjoy it. In this case, the woman confronts her friend, though, and the friend refuses to stop. What do you do next, I asked, and the woman said, "It's none of my business." Afterward they explained that most people in China would simply ignore it but in this case it was a best friend. And it struck me this was probably what would happen in the states. In another situation, a customer received too much change back from a clerk who had been nasty to her. It was relly incredible the way they played up their parts here and I wished I had it on tape. The "clerk" was on her cell phone when the customer came up and just continued to talk while the customer waited patiently. When I asked if this happens they all sais yes. In the play, the customer gives the money back but the clerk is reformed by the action and vows to be nicer to customers. I wanted to push the point that one cannot rely on moral actions having such beneficial consequencs, but I think that itself would take another class, if it would be possible at all.