Florida Teacher Accused of Wizadry

[zonkers]

Source: local6.com

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.

Read more: http://www.local6.com/news/16169506/detail.html

[madmom]

1. Are these people for real?? Get a freaking life!

[ikojo]

2. Well, what do they expect at Hogwarts?

Welcome to the middle ages

[rosesaylavee]

3. Well of course this is a Florida story...

How can one state have so many dopes?

[BadgerKid]

6. Fark has their own Florida tag for this reason.

[monmouth]

4. Smack dab in the middle of fundy country.....n/t

[parasim]

5. Well, I read in another story that the superintendent disputes his claims...

i guess it's a he said/she said sort of thing.

-snip

However, Assistant Superintendent Renalia DuBose denied the district ever used the word "wizardry" in its dealings with Piculas and said the magic trick was far down the list of reasons the sub is not being asked back.

The district said in a letter to Piculas that he was being let go because he did not follow lesson plans, allowed students to use computers despite being told not to by another teacher, and he left a student in charge during his fifth-period class.


http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/06/sub_teacher_claims_fired_for_wizardry/5191/

on edit: of course, though, everybody loves a good ol' "Crazy Florida" story, I guess...

[msongs]

7. not LBN this was posted here days ago nt

[zonkers]

8. Sorry. I get to everything late.

[Cant trust em]

9. Jim Piculas or...

[cyr330]

10. What fucking century do they think this is???????

[rpannier]

11. If the guy's a wizard he's wasting his talents on making toothpicks disappear

He could be using his talent to make money appear, or gold appear -- or this administration disappear

[Voice for Peace]

28. make this administration DISAPPEAR!!

[LiberalEsto]

12. If they send his job overseas

would that be outsorcerering?

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[davidinalameda]

19. LOL

that gets my vote for post of the day!

:rofl:

[mhoran]

21. Funny!

LOL!

[shadowknows69]

24. Duzy!!!

[Sam Ervin jret]

25. lol, that superintendent should be careful, lest his penis - disappear along with Fl's collective IQ

[0rganism]

13. glad to see we're getting back to that good ol' 15th century as fast as we can...

...but is that really far enough? For a full-on European-style endarkenment, we should probably plan for the 12th or 11th century, at least.

[NM Independent]

14. I hope they burn this guy at the stake...

because I don't want any of that devil sent Harry Potter mumbo jumbo 'round my kids.

:sarcasm: of course


Heh, "outsorcerering" :rofl:

[rusty quoin]

30. I was going through the comments to see if anyone typed what I was going to type.

And here it is.

[SocratesInSpirit]

15. He's lucky they didn't burn him at the stake...

:sarcasm:

But seriously, what frakking year is this? 1692? This man's accusers would probably be right at home with Cotton Mather.

[pattmarty]

16. Ya know, just when you think things maybe, just maybe........

.....are getting a wee bit better, you read this shit that looks like would come from the deepest reaches of the Amazon or deep in an African jungle. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!!!!!

[Wabbajack_]

17. Joke?

We known "witchcraft" isn't real night?

[L0oniX]

18. Yes ..that is FloriDAH

:dunce:

[mhoran]

20. You can't make this $#I+ up, folks.

[tavalon]

31. No, actually, you can.

But because of Florida, you don't have to!

[daggahead]

22. Will he float?

Ah, but does he sink or float? If he floats, he is a witch. If he sinks, and drowns, he is not a witch.

This has to be a fake story ... oh, but wait. This is 2008 in America ... never mind. It is real.

[Demeter]

23. K&R For Captain Obvious

You should hear what they say about Einstein and Darwin! Or atheists, or uppity women, or modern physics, or public health, or anything else that breaks through the circle of Denial.

[zeos3]

26. I can't wait until they take a class picture

and someone accuses the photographer of stealing their souls

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

27. the last time I read about somebody being accused of wizardry in the news...

I was in Gaborones Botswana.

[The Doctor.]

29. ???

Idiots.

[Phoonzang]

32. Good.

Wizards shouldn't perform magic in front of Muggles.