Can we give FL back to Spain?
I have an extensive collection of reasons why my firstborn rejected all Florida Universities (mind you, Texas A&M was in his final three), but I never thought "wizardry" would be one of them:
Unbelievable. Even my son's Catholic high school has a "Magic Club," where the boys work up stage-magic routines. Magic tricks are great icebreakers, both in business and social settings. It's no surprise that a substitute teacher would do a trick or two when walking into the room. It gets the students' attention immediately and can be a great segue into other topics.
Asshats.
(h/t to The Burning Taper)
LAND 'O LAKES, Fla. -- A substitute teacher in Pasco County has lost his job after being accused of wizardry.
Teacher Jim Piculas does a magic trick where a toothpick disappears and then reappears.Piculas recently did the 30-second trick in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes.
Piculas said he then got a call from the supervisor of teachers, saying he'd been accused of wizardry.
Unbelievable. Even my son's Catholic high school has a "Magic Club," where the boys work up stage-magic routines. Magic tricks are great icebreakers, both in business and social settings. It's no surprise that a substitute teacher would do a trick or two when walking into the room. It gets the students' attention immediately and can be a great segue into other topics.
Asshats.
(h/t to The Burning Taper)
There's another side to this story... or maybe a cover up?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,356534,00.html
"But administrators say the firing of Piculas had nothing to do with the magic trick, the newspaper said. The school based their decision on complaints from teachers and parents who said that Piculas used profane language, couldn't control his class and put a student in charge, it was reported."
There's nobody better at wagon-circling than school administrators. Given the atrocious track record this particular profession has, I usually give benefit of doubt to the employee.