[nopardons]

I had a remarkably great prof for my Shakespeare class; he really went into great depth and so thorough was he, that I remember most of the info I learned in his classes. I did pull my Holzknecht book, though, to make certain of the dates of the prints and photos I still remember. :-)

That prof had been an actor/director ( came from an acting/manager family ) on Broadway and other regional theatres, before he became a prof. I had him for quite a few other classes as well as being in the Summer Stock troop he started and ran.

Fascinating anecdote re your neighbor! :-)

The National Geographic used to publish some very interesting children's books. One such has pictures of people from all over the world. This was before the days of heightened PCism and is not only fascinating, but very helpful when discussing what different peoples look like.

Re what people with Portuguese ancestry look like, mine is anecdotal as well, as I know quite a few people who do and know what they and their kiddos look like.

[miss marmelstein]

You got a very decent education unlike so many people in America these days - better than mine although we are the same age generally. This is why we always complain about Free Republic in the last 10 or so years.