Taking viewers behind the scenes of cool jobs (including FUBU clothing designer, whitewater rafting instructor, snake venom collector, and underwater welder), each short program in the teen-hosted 13-volume Real Life 101 series focuses on three careers, with the program I watched--Volume 9-- examining the routines of a photo journalist, stereo technician and police officer. Host Zubi tags along for a flash flood photo shoot in San Diego, Jeremy chats blandly with a "stereo guy," and Joy interviews a policewoman (in a scene heavily interwoven with Cops-like clips). Generic questions are asked, offering brief illustrations of salary ranges, required schooling, and helpful skills. But, for some reason, the program starts out at Circus Circus in Reno (even though most of the target audience--and the hosts for that matter--are not likely to be of legal gambling age), and includes irrelevant shots of the hosts volunteering for Habitat for Humanity. Loosely structured (nearly to the point of seeming directionless), with poor quality audio and inconsistent graphics, this program is strictly optional for larger career collections. Aud: H, C, P. (J. Williams)
Real Life 101
(2002) 13 videocassettes, 14 min. each. $59 each (series price: $551.75 with 114-page manual, $495 without). MediaPro. PPR. Color cover. Volume 17, Issue 5
Real Life 101
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