Your assumption about the “quest” of the teacher is immaterial. The “quest” of the teacher is immaterial. Learning to make hard choices is good. Heck right now we’ve got a thread going “stop blaming me for my student loan debt”. Hard choices. Right there.
Agree with the idea of making hard choices. Disagree on the use of life and death for people that a 5th grader may not know much about. A prostitute? A former junkie?
How about “Shaquon was invited out to meet some local gang bangers to go along on stealing a car and going on a joy ride. Should he ride in the front seat, the back seat, or stay home. If he stays home should he play video games or do his homework that is due tomorrow?”