Magician Teller Made Curriculum Disappear in His First Teaching Gig 40 Years Ago 

Before joining partner Penn in the magic business, entertainer Teller taught high school Latin in New Jersey for six years. He tossed the textbooks and created Latin readers for his students and recalled engaging them with a love for his subject and his students. In an interview in The Atlantic, he finds similarities between teaching and performing: "The first job of a teacher is to make the student fall in love with the subject. That doesn’t have to be done by waving your arms and prancing around the classroom; there’s all sorts of ways to go at it."

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