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RE: Are We Back In The Dark Ages Now??

Animal — Sun, 11 May 2008 07:41:14 GMT

Here is the Principle's email address; [email]destabro@pasco.k12.fl.us[/email]

Someone posted this in another forum;

[quote]What I wrote to him;

Subject: You're ignorant cracker, did you know that?

Firing somebody for a slight-of-hand trick?

What is this? 1420?

Do you have the [i]Malleus Maleficarum[/i] on the desk in your office?

Do you beat children to drive out their demons?

Expect to be sued by the ACLU, my friend, and I hope they destroy you.
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I thought this video might be appropriate here- [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU[/url]

RE: Are We Back In The Dark Ages Now??

voodoo — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:21:26 GMT

[quote][b]The_Quadfather (5/7/2008)[/b][hr]
Anyway, as for the story at hand, people are fucking stupid. There are much bigger threats to the development of our children than a disappearing toothpick.[/quote]

Damn straight.

RE: Are We Back In The Dark Ages Now??

The_Quadfather — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:39:45 GMT

Any witch talk always reminds me of the scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail where the townspeople bring forth the witch to be burned. They want to test the woman to make sure she is a witch before burning her. While the knight is trying to explain the reasoning behind the test, he asks the townspeople "what else floats in water?" One of the townspeople shouts back "very small rocks!" That shit makes me laugh every time.

Anyway, as for the story at hand, people are fucking stupid. There are much bigger threats to the development of our children than a disappearing toothpick.

Are We Back In The Dark Ages Now??

Animal — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:30:48 GMT

[quote][url=http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=79533]Magic trick costs teacher job[/url]

By:
Janie PorterLand 'O Lakes, Florida -- The stories in the news about inappropriate relationships between teachers and students have been overwhelming. There was even a substitute teacher in New Port Richey who got in trouble after investigators say she had a relationship with an underage student.

Well, another Pasco County substitute teacher's job is on the line, but this time it's because of a magic trick.

The charge from the school district — Wizardry!

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 the 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.

When Piculas went in, he learned his little magic trick cast a spell that went much farther than he'd hoped.

"I said, 'Well Pat, can you explain this to me?' 'You've been accused of wizardry,' [he said]. Wizardry?" he asked.

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.

Piculas said he knew nothing about the accusations.

"That... I think was embellished after the fact to try to cover what initially what they were saying to me," he said.

After the magic trick, Rushe's principal requested Piculas be dismissed. Now, Piculas believes the incident may have bewitched his ability to get a job anywhere else.

"I still have no idea what my discipline involves because I've never received anything from the school district actually saying what it entails," said Piculas.

As a substitute teacher, the Pasco County School District considers Piculas to be an "at will employee." That means the district doesn't need to have cause for not bringing him back at all.

Janie Porter, Tampa Bay's 10 News
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Only in the Bible Belt- I guess we're back in the Dark Ages.