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craz4azanz New user 14 Posts |
Hi I am a student I high school and usually when I get bored in class I will start preforming some card tricks and other likes like NO. Pencil or crazymans handcuffs, could anybody recommend any good tricks that have a pretty good wow effect that I could use in class?
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budzy Regular user 135 Posts |
Try scotch and soda. It happens in the pectators hands and your somewhat clean at the end. Not easily repeated though.
Frank |
djc89 Regular user 118 Posts |
Pen through dollar? Or Recap? Pens and pencils are always good items in school since they are everywhere.
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irishguy Special user Ohio 629 Posts |
All the suggestions are nice and all....
but you shouldn't be performing in class. Period. Especially when you are "bored". Why take the attention of others away from what they are supposed to be learning? |
djc89 Regular user 118 Posts |
^Yeah. That's true, I never do magic in class unless it's right before class starts or near the end when everyone's waiting for the bell to sound. Lunch is also a good time...if you aren't hungry and don't need to study or do homework.
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craz4azanz New user 14 Posts |
Sorry I forgot to mention that my teacher always give us like 30 mins in class at the end to do homework and everybody usually finishes early so we just sit there and talk or do whatever.
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts |
Get a couple of loops, wear one on your wrist, you'll find lots of possibilities to do in a class room.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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threadz New user TN. 37 Posts |
Mislead,budda money mystery and wonder pencil this stuff is common stuff you would have at school so it would look better.we carry mislead and the rest of these most who buy mislead from us like it.
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hkwiles Special user Howard Wiles 797 Posts |
"gives us 30 mintes to do homework and everybody finishes early"
1. wish we got as little when I was back in school 2. "Homework?" ..yet you do it in school !... DoH. Please can I go back. Howard |
Tabasco Loyal user The Netherlands 219 Posts |
That is why they call it homework, so when you go home you can start working on your magic skills
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
It's one thing to quietly and unobtrusively practice your faros when your work is finished, but unasked-for performances simply interfere with everyone's legitimate interest in education.
In short: 1. Do what you are in school for: learn and work. 2. Respect everyone else's opportunity to learn and work. And, yes, this is a response from a high school teacher. And, yes, I have student who quietly works with cards when he is finished his assignments. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
Kent Wong Inner circle Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2458 Posts |
John,
You took the words right out of my mouth! I pay a lot of additional tax dollars every year to support the education system that we have. I also spend a ton of money to support the extra-curricular activities of the students. I hope never to find out that this money has been spent so some kid can practice card tricks in class! There's a time and place for everything. IMHO, school is not the place for magic. Kent
"Believing is Seeing"
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magicah123 Regular user 146 Posts |
I am trying to teach lessons with magic incorprating the major subjects(math, science etc...) Any ideas
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Frank Tougas Inner circle Minneapolis, MN 1712 Posts |
I am a former high school teacher and would caution you a bit on performing vs. practicing. (Okay I taught art and photography - but it still counts!)Unobtrusive practice of sleights is your best bet for boredom. I know you have the urge to perform but that is something you can do before, after school and at lunch. Besides if you get the reputation of doing magic you will be deluged with requests and your homework will then consist of having to come up with something new every day.
Frank Tougas
Frank Tougas The Twin Cities Most "Kid Experienced" Children's Performer :"Creating Positive Memories...One Smile at a Time"
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liam-j-gilbert Regular user Leeds, England 121 Posts |
I am now a working professional and I feel that is in no small part down to the practice that I got on my peers during my high school days...
They are quite simply one of the hardest audiences you can find, and if you can fool them you can fool anybody... However I only eveer performed during my free periods, breaks and lunchtimes... When my teachers became aware I was a magician they would occasionally ask me to perform... I don't think it is fair of people to say YOU MUST NOT PERFORM IN CLASS.. but I think it is fair to advise you to use discretion, know when to perform and know when to sit quietly and practice a few reverse passes... One of the biggest secrets of being a pro is knowing when your audience want to or don't want to see magic... Hope this is of some help and significance... PS... I used to love doing Michael Maxwells 'The Anywhere Cards' and making a selection appear inside my Pencil Case!
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