Thoughts on Chivalry

Is chivalry dead? Nope, its just gone to Mexico. While in the States people still open doors and pull out chairs its not a overly common act. A man might open doors for his wife or children but it doesn't extend much more than that. Over the past few months I've noticed how much more evident chivalry is in Mexico. Every morning multiple doors are opened for me by my students on the way to their offices. But its not just opening the door, they will open the door then stand back and wait for me to pass first. Even if the door opens inward, he will open the door, push it into the room then stand back for me to enter. Where I teach one morning a week we pass through some doors then out to a trailer type office that has a small 3 step staircase to get to the door. This morning the door (which is normally open) was closed. My student proceeded to go up half way, open the door then come back down to let me go through. This really surprised me and thus got me thinking about chivalry and if the average man in the united states would do this for someone who is basically works for them.

Another thing is that after every class I give my students always say thank you. "Thank you teacher, see you tomorrow" Its just weird for me to be thanked for doing my job, and not just like once a week or so, but multiple times every day.