I was watching Curacao play in the Little League World Series in South Williamsport Wednesday afternoon. The word "Curacao" immediately, always, and forever takes me back to sixth grade. I was stuck in a fire trap of a school (later condemned by the state) with a teacher stuck in the 1940's. Every day was worse than the one before, and it was without a doubt the unhappiest year of my education. It's a tough contest because there were a lot of bad years in there.
Anyway, we were doing a sixth grade geography thing way back when, and my teacher didn't know how to pronounce Curacao. I did. It was because of a travelogue piece I saw on "Captain Kangaroo." I do need to lighten up. No teacher knows everything, but I thought knowing how to pronounce Curacao wasn't all that difficult. He should have watched the Captain, like I did.
Plus, Captain Kangaroo was huge on manners and politeness, especially "please" and "thank you." How we need him back!
The Captain, sadly, is long gone, but it did inspire a question. Other than PBS, is there any quality children's TV programming that you DON'T have to pay for?
Captain Kangaroo, I was lucky you were there, and thank you.
