Apparently, things are going so peachy in Pasco County, Florida’s school system that they can concentrate on the real problem — substitute teachers practicing wizardry doing magic tricks:
LAND O’ LAKES - The telephone call that spelled the end of Jim Piculas’ career as a substitute teacher in Pasco County came on a January day about a week after he performed the disappearing-toothpick trick for a group of rapt middle school students.
Pat Sinclair, who oversees substitute teachers in the Pasco County School District, was on the phone. She told Piculas there had been a complaint about his performance at Rushe Middle School in Land O’ Lakes.
He asked what she meant.
“She said, ‘You’ve been accused of wizardry,’
” Piculas said.
He said the statement seemed bizarre to him, like something out of Harry Potter.
Piculas said he replied, “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
He said he also told Sinclair, “It’s not black magic. It’s a toothpick.”
Well I guess I understand their concern. Today it’s a toothpick, tomorrow he’s summoning demons and sending vampires into the teacher’s lounge to get him a cup of coffee.
May 12th, 2008 at 6:30 am
And Christians wonder why many people think they are a daft?