Chivalry Is NOT Dead... in P2!

This week in class we are reading a book entitled "Being Rude". It is one in a series of books that teaches kids how to essentially be better members of society. Like the other books in the series it began with examples of what NOT to do and illustrations that show what it looks like. The second half of the book follows up with examples of what kids should do alongside illustrations of what it looks like.
In the middle of the book there comes a part when the two polite kids (one boy and one girl) go to by ice cream. The author's example of not being rude is to not insist on always having the best. Both kids wanted chocolate ice cream but there was only two ice creams left, one chocolate and one strawberry. To model this the girl says, "You can choose first," and the boy replies, "Thanks!"
Before I could continue on to the next page one of my ELL boys raises his hand and starts shaking it wildly so that I am sure to see him. I called on him and he said in his broken English, "Um, Ms. Jennings.... why.... how come.... the boy go first?"
And then, as if to translate his thought, one of the girls then says, "Ya, aren't girls supposed to go first?"
You see, all year long I have been telling my kids that girls go first because it is the polite thing to do. So nice to see that someone is listening.