Don't Ask, Don't Tell on a Friday afternoon

So my death penalty debate went over pretty well. So last week, I figured a good idea would be reading about Don't Ask, Don't Tell, answering questions (comprehension, vocab, and opinion questions) and getting a bit of a debate going.

The only problem....  although France is usually more conservative in terms of homosexuality than the US, and StÉ is definitely more conservative than boston and NYC (in the area of gays at least)... Well it turns out gays in the military isn't actually in issue in France. In fact, has NEVER been an issue in France.

My students all just looked at me stunned when I asked them, like "Why wouldn't we let gays in?"

  All 45 or so of my students (three different classes) were in total agreement that gays should be allowed in the military and didn't think it was an issue. In fact, when I asked them why some people thought gays shouldn't be in the military, they had no idea.  They said, "Because they are scared of people who are different." "Perhaps they are very conservative." Bahah, even with me pushing, they really had no idea how to answer.

Although, when we talked about different types of discrimination, my students did say that there is definitely discrimination against gays and lesbians in France, but that that attitude is changing. I love how open young people often are. I love getting to see generations and our world changing for the better.

And if my lesson had to flop, this was a pretty awesome reason for my lesson to flop. Great way to end the week