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...
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.
> 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.
From Houston News:
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???????????????
> > 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.
> From Houston News:
> 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???????????????
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....
