Mylo Dreyersmith says his mom had to convince him to enroll.This article contains affiliate links. There are actually secrets behind the magic and it takes time to practice and master it. Nakhane Ntame: Oh, that magic is not black magic. Explain it to me," what do you tell them? Jon Wertheim: If people are saying, "I- I don't understand. You know, evil powers and stuff like that. And every time she would see magic, like (FOREIGN LANGUAGE), which means darkness. Right? So she does not understand magic at all. Nakhane Ntame: the first time I performed, I performed for my grandmother. Not only that, for many in the townships magic is associated with the occult or witchcraft. Nakhane Ntame: 'Cause they do not believe in magic. Your mom said you were crazy for wanting to be a magician. Nakhane Ntame: And then I was like, "Mom, I would like to join this." "What are you talking about?" "I want to become a magician." And she thought I was crazy, but here I am today. Jon Wertheim: If they trade their cape for three-piece suit or for a sports jersey or for a nurse's attire, you're okay with that.įifteen-year-old Nakhane Ntame is a rising star at the college, but four years ago she had to beg her mother to allow her to enroll.
It's going to be how you use that knowledge and there is no better topic or subject than magic to explode the whole idea of imagination. Because no matter which career you select to go into- it's going to no longer be your knowledge around that, because that knowledge is so freely available now on the internet. Jon Wertheim: I could see some people watching this saying, "This College of Magic is all well and good, and you're teaching kids to make coins disappear, but why aren't you teaching 'em coding or something more practical?"ĭavid Gore: I think the most important skill in the 21st century is going to be imaginative thinking. is that hard for you to watch?ĭavid Gore: Yes I think it's an important part of our- nation-building, and for understanding that young people get to understand how each other is living and how we think and- and how we approach life because these are going to be the young people who are going to drive this nation forward. You have other kids getting picked up by parents in- in fancy sports cars. Jon Wertheim: You have some kids coming here who are malnourished, you have to feed. So, like, I have to be indoors because hear gunshots. Like, busy robbing old people, like being on drugs and stuff. The sprawling shantytown, like so many others in the country, is pocked by violence and drugs.ĭuma Mgqoki: Some of them are carrying guns. Duma's mother was murdered four years ago. Duma Mgqoki's day starts at dawn in the tin shack he shares with his grandmother and aunt. Now, as then, students come from the most wealthy suburbs and from Cape Town's most impoverished townships. Michael Barta juggles for correspondent Jon Wertheimįrom the school's beginning it reflected a cross-section of South Africa. How did he do that? (Yeah) And it's mixed with this curiosity and this wonder. you come here and there's a healthy skepticism. Those two things are needed in education. Michael Barta: Magic develops skepticism. Is magic about what you see or what you miss? Barta thinks it's both. The school was always conceived to go beyond hocus-pocus.
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Michael Barta: I teach children how to use their hands.
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