I like to show my students the clip of French firefighters protesting and how they're making police pull back. There's a lesson in there about teamwork and being prepared.

In France, we take to the streets for the smallest issue (or so they say), and the world mocks us.

We don't mock you guys for that. There's plenty other things to use for mocking the French. We're secretly in awe of the liberal application of the guillotine in a class struggle.