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NCTV AIMS FOR HELL

SIGNIFICANT UPDATE (Thursday, October 09, 2003)

Yes, it took quite a long time to get this update on the website, but I have done so in order to keep the whole website regularly updated and not to make it look like Angelex. Anyways, this is an update to inform all people that Bellisario is no more; she has been fired from Napervill North and a different teacher is heading that dreaded class.

REFLECTIONS (new)
1.16.03
What seemed like a good educational opportunity turned out to be a complete WASTE. Even the class was a total failure with an inexperienced, weak minded fool of a teacher behind the wheel. The class was over and it was a time crunch. People of third period class did not have enough time for practice because most Wednesday periods were shortened. Also, Mr. I-AM-SO-COOL Carl Shultz was in no position to grade any of the projects, but he did, and what he expected NONE OF US KNEW. So when we fucking got marked down for something, HE HAD NEVER EXPLAINED BEFORE and nobody had a clue what he was talking about. For example, he marked most of the groups for not "communicating" within their groups. Now if we did what we were supposed to do, WHAT THE FUCK DOES COMMUNICATION HAVE TO DO WITH. For the people who do not know what I am talking about, here's a quick summary. There are two aspects to this project: the technical and the ON-CAMERA. Carl Shultz was grading the technical side (he had no rubric, and even if he did, he showed none of the students). I am not only enraged but I am appalled by the stupidity and deficient teaching style. Several complaints have been made against the teacher and many more are pending...we will be back for another report. Till then, here is an excerpt from Angelex regarding this isssue:

Bellisario Must Change (an Angelex review)
"Enriched Print 'teacher' deficient teaching ability. Call for reevaluation"

Jan 15 - First year teacher, Mrs. Bellisario, 27 of who teaches the E. Print Media classes has time and again upset students with "unfair grading," and a hypocritical "to the letter teaching".

Furthermore... okay, forget this. I'm not gonna make a news report out of this--this needs to be addressed directly. Just to keep myself from getting into any trouble, I'd like to say that what's written here is all opinion, and that all I want is to share these thoughts.

NCTV AIMS FOR HELL
Naperville 10.04.02
Reality
     "Shoot for the moon because even if you miss you will land among the stars," states an inspirational quote. NCTV, a novice and haughty community television station, shot for the moon, missed and went straight toward hell. This seemed like a superficial picture of the NCTV education program, but the at the end, it seemed exactly like they were targeting for hell.

The Introduction
      Students of an adjacent high-school often take field-trips to the NCTV studio for training for a course in media and print. The purpose of the studio is to give students an opportunity to learn with a hands-on experience using quality equipment. The NCTV team of two people visited the high-school in the first few weeks to explain their purpose and what they plan to teach us. An image was implanted into all students of state-of-the-art cameras, large studios, fast computers, etc. As for the two representatives of NCTV, they were unprofessional looking, their jokes were dreadful and their ability to speak was shabby with the often "um" and "uh".
      On the first day, they appeared before us and quickly introduced themselves as "partners in crime" (yuk yuk...NOT!). The style of speaking was like a drill machine that would be drowned out in a very short time, just like the teacher (who was also formerly in the media business). That day's introduction ended with the students desperately wanting to visit the NCTV studios. The second day of their arrival, the same deceased jokes were rehearsed and a clip of ABC's Today Show was shown. It highlighted what was in store for us at the studios, mainly the set design, talk show production, and handling equipment. Next time we would set eyes upon this inflated and exaggerated production studio.

The Trip
       The time came. While students piled up in the bus, NCTV was preparing and adding final touches to their studio. The bus stopped and students looked at each other in utter confusion. "We're here already," exclaimed one (they hadn't known the close proximity of the studio). The building looked like any other building, it was a brown box about 10 meters tall. A small sign above the glass entrance door read NCTV. The building was not just for the NCTV, as previously thought, it was shared by other corporations as well.

Hel...Heck breaks out in class
      The class started and through the middle of the class, Bob (not his real name) had said, "Wow, I've derailed my train of thought, again," three times! After explaining what we were there for, he exclaimed, "I do a lot of sermonizing, don't I?" For that he got blank looks. Upon asking what the project was going to be like he delivered, "It's hell on toast," with a rather homosexual smirk. "Uh, no dueling cameras please," as Herbie and his friend aimed the cameras at each other and poised to shoot.
     The second class had a story no different except one of Bob's jokes was funny (a one out of a million chance). Every body huddled in the small control room, in which he vomited the worst joke I've ever heard, "Oh, this room is neither hot nor cold...like porridge." After a while, Harrison's smart comments made Bob mimic, "Hey, I'm going to be a wise ass today." Then over the top he exclaimed, "You are not here so you can learn, you are here so we can get more money!" Supposedly, this statement slipped out as silence prevailed for a couple of minutes. Then abruptly, he called for volunteers and asked them to try the equipment. "This [audio] mixer can do anything but fight crime," this was followed by some sarcastic "ha-ha"s.

A Summation
       The studio was a room with black walls on all four sides and a blue curtain draped over the east side wall. Three twenty thousand cameras stood facing the curtain and behind them was the control room. . The north wall was littered with a dark wooden table and other props. The equipment was very nice and sufficient for our needs. The control room, roughly ten feet by eight, is equipped with a side of a wall of audio synthesizers, computers, sound mixers, and other audiovisual "do-hickeys". The quality of education, though, was questionable. Upon Harrison's comment of Aurora Television being better, Bob replied with jealousy, "They completely fictionalized it," showing the petty competition even between miniature television stations.

"Elizabeth Braham Spencer is the Operations Manager. Liz comes to NCTV with extensive experience in video production, ranging from news production (during which she was shot at) to virtual real estate tours (during which she was shot at, again)," indeed she has the experience. Thanks NCTV for the picture and description. Click here to go to NCTV's official website. Click here to visit full description of Elizabeth.

"After being discovered in the wastelands of Tibet by Buddhist monks, Carl Schultz was subsequently raised by a pack of ravenous wolves. Then by a less ravenous pack of Tree Sloths," is NCTV's description of the Production Administrator, Carl. Thanks to NCTV's website for the contribution. Click here to visit NCTV's official website. Click here to visit the full description of Carl.

CARL'S QUOTES 10.22.02

DAY 1
"Me and my partner in crime..." (NCTV introduction)

"Wow, I've derailed my train of thought, again." (a statement said 4 times in 3 period class).

"I do a lot of sermonizing, don't I?" (Carl's ever apparent rhetoric).

"Probably hell on toast." (a description of our project that will last about 10 minutes).

"No dueling cameras." (Carl yelling at Herbie).

"They completely fictionalized it!" (Proclaiming his competition and hate towards Aurora Station)

DAY 3
(no quotes were obtained for day 2)

"I am not going to be on camera, god forbid!" (Thank god, I was sure Carl was going to jump out in front of the camera while we were filming).

"Do-hickey." (no comment)

"This [audio] mixer can do anything, but fight crime." (uh....no comment again)

"Hey I am going to be a wise ass today." (Carl mimicking Harrison)

DAY 4
"In previous classes, I have known people who make butt-ugly graphics." -Carl

"I personally think this shade is slightly off vomit." -Carl

"It looks better than that puke yellow!" -Carl

"Just so you know, that's damn ugly." -Carl

"Ms. Hitzeman, you are so beautiful to me." (umm...no.1, we all know who wrote this, and no.2 definitely no comment).

"MONKEY TIT" (Herbie typing on the computer while Carl was looking away).

"'Wacky' when used in moderation, can be quite DOPE!" (Carl shut up after this comment)

"Oh take your shirt off..."

"That's what camera operating finally comes down to...not dying of starvation and hunger." - Carl (obtained from our "inside sources")

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