Substitute teachers are "at will" employees - meaning they can be let go for any reason - though being fired for wizardry seems like a bit of a stretch. That so-called wizardry was a disappearing toothpick trick by the way.

The school has since claimed there was more to the decision than merely a disappearing toothpick, however, Jim Piculas (the subsitute teacher/wizard) claims he was never notified of anyproblems until they brought up his magic trick. Sure, if the magic trick was an hour long performance that wasted students' time or if it were inappropriate with something sexual, violent, or disturbing - but a 30 second trick where a toothpick disappears and reappears? If that's really why he was let go, I guess it's a good thing that we have such an excess of teachers out there... oh wait.

File that under abra cadabwhaaaa??

[tags]toothpick magic trick, substitute teacher[/tags]