In reply to my last post, Rich points out that the "wizardry" wasn’t the only reason he was fired, but also things like failing to stick to a lesson plan, and so on. While that’s fair enough, and completely justifiable, that’s really not the point I was trying to make.
These people, in complete seriousness, described a simple conjouring trick as "wizardry". They are demonstrating serious craziness, of the "shouldn’t be allowed out in public" variety. When your religious strictures against "magic" and "witchcraft" and "wizardry" lead you to burn childrens’ books, ban conjuring tricks, and denounce Easter eggs as "satanism", then there’s really no help for you.
(Also, quite frankly, if he’s a crap teacher then fire him for that. Don’t blame it on "wizardry", it makes you look even more stupid than you already do.)
On a lighter note, a comment from Julian Elson made me grin:
Even if Piculas is a wizard, the toothpick trick described is probably, like, a cantrip at most. Maybe prestidigitation or something. Surely it’s not all that worth getting worked up about. It’s not as if he baleful polymorph‘ed a disruptive student or anything.