Thomas the Tank Engine's Message to All the Fans for Being the On-air Teacher on Sprout for the First Time (2014)

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 * Thomas: Hello! I'm Thomas, and I'm so excited to became the on-air teacher on Sprout for the first time. You've probably read and said a lot about me over the last 14 days, so I thought I would like to have a chat with you about what's going on. When I first started that Thomas and Friends was on PBS Kids Sprout, 10 years ago, I had no idea that I would still be around today in 2014. Patty had been entertaining children all around the United States of America for many, many years. And you know what, I still love doing it, the important thing is that I do what I love, that Patty entertained children. Patty, thank you! You did a fantastic job with my on-air teacher job application for 14 years, now, I'm feeling very happy and I'm so happy to be the host of Sprout. I am gonna be engaging young people audience by curating experiences, facilitating discovery, and asking questions. As a teacher figure myself, I am knowledgeable but almost Socratic in my eagerness to see the audience figure things out for themselves. I often delivers information by asking a question. I am the excellent instructor, sharing in the children and teenagers' enthusiasm and curiosity. There's no doubt Patty did a great job, filling in the on-air application for me. But I'll tell you what, we'll miss her, just like you'll miss her. I am really happy to teach young viewers about concepts such as mathematics, the alphabet, games and colors with the help of themselves. And I can't wait to give her a very good message to her on 2015, and it will upload on YouTube really soon. (Thomas' whistle blows)