On 2005-07-11 01:11, The Great Smartini wrote:

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On 2005-07-09 09:59, KyletheGreat wrote:
James,

I agree

Thank you, and you are correct, the routine with the silk and the car is a really good routine. It is one of the best Child abduction routines I have ever seen, and it is neat the way you illistrate what is happening in the case scenario by using magic. I commend ROn COnnley for his creativeness of that particular routine!

As for the great smartini,

I do not believe it takes a trained professional to teach a message like that if it is taught with seriousness (that goes for all lessons INCLUDING GOSPEL MAGIC) You would not have to be a minister or preacher to spread the Holy word of God!. The entire presentation is done through extensive detail, and statistics. Throughout the show, the magic word it "No". The kids are taught the four steps of saying no, and at the end they are tested. After the show, handouts are given to the teachers to give the children in class. I have recieved many thank you letters from parents telling me what a great lesson I taught there child.



One of the most important parts of the program is making it clear to the students what a stranger is. The performer even states that he/she is a stranger. A stranger is not someone you just don't know...it can be somebody you don't know well.

Pretty much...you do what you can do, and I will do what I can do! If you cannot teach through magic, then DON'T. But as long as I know that I can, then I will.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I KNOW MY SHOW WAS EFFECTIVE:

2 weeks after one of the say no shows, there was a man accross the street from the school playground. He was taking pictures and trying to talk to the kids. The children immediately ran to the teacher and refused to talk to the man (just as I had taught them). The teachers then called the police and the man was arrested. Then there was an ivestigation. As it turns out, the man hosts a child pornography web site and his computer was full of photos of children. The chilren who ran to the teachers were asked how they knew what to do, and they responded "Because the magician told us to say NO then Get Away and TELL somebody"!!!I immediately was called by the school and thanked for my presentation. I think that this event is absolute proof that the children learn from my show.

THink about that for a little while Senor Smartini!!

your wording reminds me of the quote about a teenager who thinks that his father is an idiot...ten years later he's asked about his father and the grown man is able to say that his dad has certainly learned a lot in the last ten years...sound familiar?

so I thought about your scenario...and it doesn't qualify as absolute proof...I believe your scenario sounds like fortunate timing...somehow I can't believe that you were the only person that has ever told these kids to "not talk to strangers and to tell an adult"...if this is the case then the parents/school system where you did this show is extremely lacking to say the least...you may have been the most recent or memorable but certainly not the only one and so the children would have done exactly the same thing without your visit...what this means is that the money spent was unnecessary from an educational stand point because what "taught" wasn't really taught but in fact already learned behaviour...if I give a test to a group of students and they already know the material, even without me teaching them, then the time/effort is wasted since they already knew the topic...the usual scenario is often the reverse where the teacher tests them but doesn't actually spend the time to teach them the material...i do a public speaking unit and I don't actually teach them how to research a topic, write a convincing speech, outline/practice/give opportunity for feedback on how to present a speech and then in the end give them a mark on their speech...again not sound education but it happens all the time...my point is the same for much of the junk that is presented as educational magic