To top that off, one of them came by at the noon hour, and had this (roughly) to say:
"Ms. Friesen, you know how you asked us on the first day what we wanted to do when we grow up and I told you 'A lawyer'? Well, I've made my decision now. I want to be a human rights lawyer. Specifically, I want to focus on women's rights. It's terrible that there is still so much domestic abuse and pay inequality and things like that. Some people say that feminists just hate men, but it's really about gender equality, and that's what I want in the world."
Whaaaat?! Yeah. That just happened. I told her I she would have the chance to explore issues with gender and power through the texts we study, as well as the connection between culture and communications. Just one reason why teaching English is so baller.