How would you feel if your son or daughter came home and admitted he or she was a homosexual?

Guy #1- Nothing against anyone who is homosexual, but I am raising my kids to be heterosexual. So if they end up being homosexual, I would feel that I failed somewhere along the way. I will love them either way, but it would be hard to accept the fact that my son or daughter has chosen that lifestyle.

Guy #2- Well my son actually is a homosexual and I must admit it was hard at first. You love your children regardless of what decisions they make so I do not love him any less than I did when he first came out and told the world. Yet it was still a transition because most parents raise their children to be whatever they want to be, yet they still try to guide them in a certain direction. So when he decided to be gay I figured maybe I guided him too much towards being a free spirit. However, I love him either way so now I am fine with it.

Guy #3- I don’t know too many parents who want their child to become a homosexual. However, I know plenty of parents who say they love their child regardless, but shake their heads behind the child’s back. I think I will love my child regardless, but I will have to warn them about the risk they are taking by choosing that lifestyle.

They say most students will graduate without reading a single book from cover to cover. So when was the last time you read a book?

Guy #1- The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson for one of my professors last year or so. That book really opens your eyes to what exactly you’re in college for. I like to read stuff like that. Most people read Harry Potter or novels that are for entertainment. Personally if I want to be entertained I will turn on the TV. But if I want to be educated, I read a book.

Guy #2– Well seeing that I am a professor, I read books all the time. I’m actually in the process of reading two with my students, several for a book I am working on, and one just for pleasure. I think if enough of our students realized the importance of picking up a book opposed to watching television or letting someone else tell them what was important, many of our students would be much better off.

Guy #3- The last time I read a full book from cover to cover was in middle school when my class read some book about World War II. Since then, I have read parts of books here and there but not a complete book. However, I still have a high GPA, and I grasp information from what I read so I think I’m still in better shape than most.

Mr. A&T is hosting the Week of the Gentleman this week. In your personal opinion if you could come up with a definition of what a gentleman is, what would that be?

Guy #1- I think a gentleman is someone who realizes his role as a man. A man who can respect a woman as a human being opposed to just a sex tool is a gentleman. We all have the gentleman and jerk in us. However, it is important to keep the gentleman as your main image because you will be respected for that far before you’re respected for being a jerk.

Guy #2- A gentleman goes far beyond being nice to woman, which is often a misconception that many people have. A gentleman is someone who is always polite and adaptable in any situation. He is also hard working, kind hearted, never soft spoken, and commands attention. It is a title that too many of our young men want to have, but have yet to earn it because of their lack of manners for authority figures.

Guy #3- A gentleman is a man who speaks his mind regardless of who is listening. A true gentleman will always be upfront and honest regardless of how others might feel about it. That is the only trait a gentleman needs. I really feel that he will be respected for that and everything else will fall into place if he’s true to himself.