Visiting Theme Parks

A Wider Classroom

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The children were having a lunch break in the shade of a small tree in Jim's front yard. Jim, an eighty-year-old school teacher and a baseball coach, began to retell them the stories from his life. He told them about hunting expeditions in the mountains and conquering a rattlesnake. He recalled his loyal dog named Pretty-Face and described his sorrow on the day when the dog died. He remembered his wife who always stayed up until late hours of the morning to bake the bread for the next day while he, often tired of teaching and hunting, went to bed. He was sorry that he hadn't stayed up with her then to spend a few hours together, because his wife died and it was too late to talk about it.

Jim shared his wisdom and reflections on his life with the children and advised them to spend more time with the people they loved. One of the boys was inspired and mesmerized by this extraordinary old man and thought that Jim's house was not a job at all, it was a classroom.

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One important American contribution to vacation fun is the theme park. Theme parks are much larger and more high-tech than the older amusement parks which were popular in 1960s-1980s. They have carnival games, rides, shows, displays, shops that sell souvenirs, and restaurants and food stands. They are developed around some educational or entertaining theme or idea, such as American or regional history, marine life, water sports, or African safaris. Theme parks appeal to people of all ages and are often a family's primary vacation destination. Their profit is about $7 billion a year!

In 1955 Walt Disney, the famous American cartoonist and filmmaker, opened the first theme park, Disneyland, near Los Angeles, California. Disneyland's great success inspired the building of parks elsewhere in the U.S. and Europe.

The largest is Walt Disney World, which covers 43 square miles near Orlando, Florida, and includes four lakes and about 100 restaurants.

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