This whole week is school holiday. Hence, because a lot of the children are away, we are doing more fun type activities, rather than actual grammar lessons. So with my teenagers (who are really cool by the way!:)), I have this whole “storytelling” week going on. And today we also did a song. I am not sure why but I chose We Are The Champions – it felt like it struck the right chord…they were sort of familiar with it but did not really understand what it was about. So it was definitely a good choice.

I also wanted to talk about more than just the song, so I gave them an intro to Queen and their musical influence and got to Freddie Mercury and then I realised…that I was not sure if it would be ok to tell them that he was gay. I did tell them he died of AIDS…they did not ask exactly why or how. I did not dare tell them he was gay though.

Don’t get me wrong…I am all for sharing the knowledge. But I am here because the community, my very Muslim community, has contributed to me being here…so I was not prepared for a parent revolution right away. I am still not sure if that was a good decision or not yet. Any thoughts, opinions etc?