Something tells me that Chuck McCown was correct in that he was trying
to be provocative and he exceeded his wildest expectations.
Cameron Crum wrote:
It was a stunt no doubt about it. Took it to his science teacher who
was thoroughly unimpressed and told him to put it away. Kid then
deliberately took it to English class, plugged it in secretly, and set
it to sound the alarm during class. Let's see, small case with LEDs
beeping in a random class...no need for concern. When asked by the
authorities what it was, he wouldn't tell them and that is when he was
taken into custody. Here is my question, if he is an "engineering"
student, then if another "engineering" student designs and prints a
working 3D gun (without ammo), then takes it to school to show it off
to his "engineering" teacher, are you going to have the same reaction?
What if it was some right wing "Redneck"? Neither one on its own would
cause any harm. Put a bullet in the gun, or hook an explosive up to
the speaker output of the alarm and they both become deadly. But,
please go on believing there is nothing wrong with this.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Absolutely right Mark.
I could tell when I saw it on TV for a few seconds that it
couldn't be a bomb, yet none of the douche bag adults in
attendance had enough brains to figure it out. Stupid is as stupid
does.
bp
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On 9/22/2015 7:19 PM, Mark - Myakka Technologies wrote:
Kid = 14 year old kid - they do dumb stuff
English Teacher = cave man - doesn't understand electronics,
is very concerned
needs to consult with the elders
Principle = 1/2 douche - I can understand him calling the cops to
cover his ass.
Engineering Teacher = full douche with no balls. Were the
hell was
this guy. He was most likely the only one in the school that
could
translate between what the kid did and dumb it down enough for
everyone to understand.
Police - 50% douche / 50% caveman. What is this
foreign wizard technology. I think I saw one of these on TV
once, must
be a bomb. Burn him!
Every adult in the room with the kid as a group - 150% douche - At
what point in time did it become acceptable to bully and
threaten a 14
year old kid. We have 5 - 7 adult authority figures in a room
with a 14
year old kid. The best they could come up with is to slap him
in hand
cuffs and drag him to jail. BTW - lets make sure we do it
when all
the other kids are in the hall. WTF - why weren't his parents
called to
the school? Don't give me the crap that they really thought
it was a
bomb. If they thought it was a bomb, the bomb squad would
have been
there and the school would have been evacuated.
Police chief - Almost acted normal. Came out fairly quick
that there
was nothing to see here, so just keep moving on. He dropped the
charges real quick. Guess he didn't want anything to do with this
circus.
School system - 100% douche - how to you give a kid suspension
for not
doing anything. He didn't build a bomb. He didn't pretend it
was a
bomb. He never mentioned the bomb word. When asked he showed the
teacher the clock. He wasn't trying to hide anything. What
exactly
did he get suspended for?
Father - not sure where to put him, seems to have a chip on his
shoulder.
At the end of the day it does matter what this kid brought to
school.
It doesn't matter that he is Muslim, Jewish, Mormon or
Christian. He
did nothing wrong. He answered the questions truthfully, he never
threatened anyone, and he never tried to hide anything. The
adults in
this story FAILED. At any given point in time we had 7-8
adults at
the school trying to figure out what happen. As usual now a
days they
over reacted and common sense what thrown into the void. This
should
have never been a news story. It should have never left the
school.
Parents should have been called. Maybe one police officer
should have
shown up. A rational discussion of what happen should have taken
place. Kid should have been advised to clear all future
experiments/inventions with engineering teacher. Maybe all future
engineering projects should stay in the engineering lab until
after
school. Kid should have been sent back to class, parents back to
work, police back to speed traps, and principal back to whatever
principles do now a days.
I only have 3 more years left of dealing with public schools.
It is
sad I'm counting the days that my children go off to college.
