MISS NICOLA TESSELA

The Character

The character in "Miss Nicola Tessela" is based upon a teacher from secondary school. By all outward appearances this individual was a perfectionist. From a pupils perspective most teachers appear perfectionists. Organisation and punctuality was stressed to the extreme with particular emphasis on self discipline to achieve personal results. Throughout her various lectures the words 'appalling' and 'appalled' were noticeably overused.

This character is a perfectionist of extremes. Every mundane, daily task is attempted to be executed perfectly. Should this not happen then a self prescribed punishment is issued which usually takes the forms of electric shocks. Of course something always goes wrong because nobody is perfect...

	Episode 1	Nothing is on Time
	Episode 2	Delays
	Episode 3	New Self Discipline Tools
	Episode 4	Post and Gnomes
	Episode 5	Fire!
	Episode 6	Hygiene Issues
	Episode 7	Little Mistakes, Big Punishment
	Episode 8	Misreadings
	Episode 9	Up on the Roof #1
	Episode 10	Up on the Roof #2
	Episode 11	Bad Start to the Day
	Episode 12	Car Troubles

In Reality,

In 1887 Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia in 1856, but he moved to America. He invented a system that transmitted alternating current (AC). It was better then his former boss' (Thomas Edison) direct current system. They would have been awarded a joint Nobel Prize in 1912, but Tesla didn't want anything to do with Edison. Neither of them received a prize as a result. In 1888, Tesla invented the induction motor. He also made the Tesla motor that produces high frequency signals that are used in radios and TVs. Tesla died in 1943.