At least they didn't burn him...

[lederhosen]

Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears. But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land 'O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of its own. "I get a call the middle of the day from head of supervisor of substitute teachers. He says, 'Jim, we have a huge issue, you can't take any more assignments you need to come in right away,'" he said... "I said, 'Well Pat, can you explain this to me?' 'You've been accused of wizardry,' [he said]."

But it's okay:

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."

So he's guilty of wizardry AND, um, some other stuff. Glad we got that sorted out!

Meanwhile, the Texas Triffid Ranch offers us a shining example of print-on-demand publishing.

Comments

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

You have to remember that in that part of Florida, any magic trick that doesn't involve some iteration of "pull my finger" is going to be seen as a trick of Satan.

[mdsteele47.livejournal.com]

There's a reason that Fark has a Florida tag.

[tenner.livejournal.com]

Heh... actually this story was posted to Fark today under said tag. linky-poo.