Professor Dumbledore never had this problem: A Florida substitute teacher says he was fired on accusations of wizardry.
He didn’t wear a pointy hat or robes. He didn’t carry a wand or broom.
Yet, Florida substitute teacher Jim Piculas says he was fired for performing a magic act in a classroom.
Piculas does a half-minute magic trick in which a toothpick disappears and reappears.
After he performed the trick while subbing at Rushe Middle School in Land O’ Lakes, Piculas’ job disappeared faster than you could say “vanishing cloak.”
WTSP-TV in Tampa Bay talked to the district’s assistant superintendent who said it wasn’t just the wizardry that got Piculas fired. He said there were other issues such as “not following lesson plans and allowing students to play on unapproved computers.”
Piculas fears he won’t be able to get a job elsewhere because of the firing.
No word on whether Hogwarts school of magic is hiring.
