Submitted by Alex Birch on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 18:47.
Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.
"I said, 'Well Pat, can you explain this to me?' 'You've been accused of wizardry,' [he said]. Wizardry?" he asked.
Tampa Bay's 10 talked to the assistant superintendent with the Pasco County School District who said it wasn't just the wizardry and that Picular had other performance issues, including "not following lesson plans" and allowing students to play on unapproved computers.
If this teacher is losing his job because he performed a magic trick, let's declare the whole White House unemployed for zapping away the dollar value, sending the gold reserve to the Moon, casting spells in the Middle East after symbolic enemies, and destroying all the beautiful nature with just a snap of hands. The true wizards wear tuxedos and appear on TV!
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It really shows how smart they are to classify a harmless optical illusion as "wizardry". Even if it didn't say, it would be pretty obvious that this little incident came out of the bible belt area.
Of course, but it seems they
Of course, but it seems they are playing the Judeo-Xtain fears to censor a guy that has proven himself to fly by the seat of his pants, in other words, play this situation to his benefit. We all know this is bullshit on the administration's behalf, hence the loaded terminology. What we need to find is this man's telos, only then can we comment.