Teacher Accused of Wizardry

Jim Piculas, a substitute teacher in Florida, recently lost his job. The reason he was fired is magically ridiculous. Among other issues he has been accused of Wizardry. That's right, Wizardry. Jim does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears. The trick is so good that it has propelled his community 200 years in the past.

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[Archangel Michael]

why is this on Slashdot???

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[Devout_IPUite]

Because it does a really good job of showing how a person is smart, and people are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.

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[Archangel Michael]

Touche ;)

The article is misleading

[Bragador]

This seems to be bad journalism. The whole story is about how the teacher got fired because of a magic trick but at the end they also quickly say he wasn't following lesson plans and directions. So while the wizardry thing is funny, I doubt it's the whole story.

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[Rossjman1]

The article said that the teacher didn't know anything about those claims. I'm sure there is something else behind this. Maybe the administration didn't like his personality or teaching techniques.

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[superslacker87]

Especially if you're a "Defense Against the Dark Arts" teacher!

Could be...

[gmagill]

...that wasn't his toothpick.

It's a substitute...

[Thinboy00]

you'd never see a real teacher get fired over "not following lesson plans" or not teaching. Hell, they can't be fired for anything short of having sex with a minor (or committing a felony of some form or another...maybe). HINT TO MODERATORS:"Hell,..." != troll