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Sixth Years, Lesson Four; *Archived* (sorry for the delay)
Topic Started: Oct 20 2009, 10:25 AM (228 Views)
Vince Channing
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Vince sat behind his new desk, still surprised that he'd actually been hired despite his young age. Then again, this was Muggle Studies and the older students were now expected to interact with their peers in the Muggle world so perhaps his young age was a good thing instead. In front of him was an old rubber boot, their Portkey to a Muggle hotel in which he had rented out a room for them to continue their lesson on television.

Once the class filed in, he grinned at them all brightly. "Hello class, my names Vince, but I think it's required of you all to call me Professor Channing," Vinced greeted them with a wink, still not used to the Professor being added to his name. "I am your new Muggle Studies teacher for your sixth and seventh year, from here on out it should be nothing but fun and easy stuff for you all," he said to them with an encouraging smile.

He got up and stood in front of his desk, holding out the boot, knowing it was about to turn blue any moment now. "Today we'll be traveling to a hotel room in a very Muggle populated area for your lesson on Muggle television," he informed them, knowing they had done something similar last week but this week they'd be watching and learning about something different. As the boot grew blue he said to them all, "Quick, put a finger!" and without further ado they were whisked away into a hotel room in a Muggle hotel of New Zealand.

There was an extremely large flat screen tv in the room with plenty of seating for them all. As the students got comfortable, Vince went to the front of the television for their attention and began his lesson. "Before we get to watching some more television," he began, "I'm going to give you a bit of background info. Last week you all watched scripted shows, shows that have stories written for fictional characters. Today we will be learning about reality television instead," he informed them. "Reality television is a type of tv genre where there are no characters, and no scripted scenarios, mostly made up of filming people in abnormal situations. It first started in the 1950's, however it really became popular around the 1990's - 2000's. I guess watching people make fools of themselves on television was wildly entertaining at that time," he said with a laugh. "Not to mention that reality stars seemed to become celebrities overnight just for being on tv," he added randomly, though it was truth.

"There are different types of reality television. There are the documentaries, that film the subject in everyday life, there are quiz or game shows, competitions, social experiments, and others purely for entertainment value! Today we will be watching different reality tv shows that will demonstrate each of these," he continued. "There are entirely way too many tv shows to show them all to you, so I've just chosen a few so you all can get the general idea," he explained.

Vince grabbed a DVD from within the backpack he'd brought and put it into the DVD player, chuckling as some of the students questioned what it was and what he was doing. With his wand he summoned large bowls of popcorn and cans of soda, a Muggle drink no less, hyping them up with sugar couldn't be too bad could it?, and they landed in front of all the students. "Enjoy," he said with a wink before settling into an armchair to watch the television, shaking his head as some students wolf-whistled and cheered as he dimmed the lights.

The TV Shows (Wiki links)
Documentary type: COPS

Quiz/Game Show: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Competition: Big Brother, Survivor (general money competitions); The Bachelor (love related competition); The Apprentice (job related competition)

Social Experiments: The Real World

Entertainment: Candid Camera, Laguna Beach

After they had finished watching, Vince Portkeyed them back to class and assigned them extra credit if they wanted to before he dismissed them, smiling to himself, glad that his first lesson had gone well.


Homework: RP the lesson, your character's thoughts on the different shows.

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1. What are the differences between reality television and fictional television?

2. Did you notice any similarities with them all? (example: all narrated by the people being affected)

3. Which was your favorite 'type' of reality tv show?

4. Do you know of any other types of reality shows that I failed to mention?
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