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Old 05-06-2008, 08:00 PM  
Elli
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Teacher fired for making a toothpick disappear

Guess where!

Florida!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24470824/

"The trick requires a toothpick and transparent tape. A sleight-of-hand maneuver causes the toothpick to disappear then reappear. At least, so it seems. In reality, the toothpick hides behind the performer's thumb, held in place by the tape.

"The whole thing lasted 45 seconds," Piculas said.

He said the students liked the trick. He showed them how to do it so they could perform it at home.
One student in the Rushe Middle class apparently took the trick the wrong way, Piculas said. He said he was told the student became so traumatized that the student's father complained."

Ok, that wasn't everything. Apparently he also tried to be a good teacher.

"Performing a magic trick at Rushe Middle is just one of the reasons the school district gives for dumping Piculas from the substitute-teacher list. The others are: Piculas did not follow the lesson plans, he allowed students on computers even though another teacher said not to, and he told the fifth-period student peer that she was in charge."


So glad I don't live in Florida...
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