"Burn him, he's a Wizard."
Anonymous
Thurisaz, Germanic barbarian
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/i_cant_believe_in_florida_anym.php
> Only in Florida.
There are morons outside Texas. I knew it :P
Seriously, who needs civilization, education and reason anyway? Just praying
and following a Führer is soooo much easier...
--
"To his friend a man a friend shall prove, and gifts with gifts requite;
But men shall mocking with mockery answer, and fraud with falsehood meet."
(The Poetic Edda)
Must have been written with fundies in mind...
My personal judgment of monotheism:
http://www.carcosa.de/nojebus
jcon
> http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/i_cant_believe_in_florida_...
>
> Only in Florida.
Much as I'd like to believe this, I'm always suspicious when teachers
get
fired and then point to some sort of discrimination. The fact is,
while
a lot of teachers and substitutes are dedicated and competent, a lot
are just plain useless. I'll give the district the benefit of the
doubt on
this one.
On the other hand, this sort of thing does happen. When I was
in 8th grade, we had an English teacher who had a running witch gag.
Sometimes she would dress in black and cackle. It was strictly
for laughs (it was well before Wicca became trendy). She
was a great teacher, as evidenced by the fact that most 8th
graders loved English(!!). Anyway, one day a kid got out of
line and she "cast a spell on him". You guessed it, his parents
complained and all the fun stopped.
-jc
Hatter
> On May 5, 8:38 pm, Anonymous <cri...@ecn.org> wrote:
>
> >http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/05/i_cant_believe_in_florida_...
>
> > Only in Florida.
>
> Much as I'd like to believe this, I'm always suspicious when teachers
> get
> fired and then point to some sort of discrimination. The fact is,
> while
> a lot of teachers and substitutes are dedicated and competent, a lot
> are just plain useless. I'll give the district the benefit of the
> doubt on
> this one.
>
A Florida school district made a substitute teacher disappear after
he showed students a magic trick.
Jim Piculas made a toothpick vanish, then reappear. The act was even
caught on video.
The school district accused him of wizardry. But they said the trick
was the tip of the iceberg.
He actually allowed the kids to have fun in class, apparently didn't
follow lesson plans... and allowed students to play on computers even
though it's against the rules.
Hatter
Ok he was not a good teacher>>>BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STILL ACCUSED
HIM OF WIZARDRY???????????????
jcon
True enough. Sadly, it may be easier to get rid of a teacher for
wizardry than incompetence. Maybe I'll see if I can catch some of
my kids' teachers doing magic tricks. Hmmm....
-jc
Brian E. Clark
@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, Hatter said...
> Ok he was not a good teacher
Who knows if that's true? There is no necessary
connection between following someone else's lesson
plans and being a good teacher.
> BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT STILL ACCUSED
> HIM OF WIZARDRY???????????????
Florida is not a place where sense rules. It's like
Texas, only with more mosquitos and less Mexican food.
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Brian E. Clark