I saw that on the local news last night. (I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas.) It sounds like the school district is trying to hide behind a general statement about protecting students and the Irving police department is blaming the victim. Here’s a more detailed local news story. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article35430726.html <http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article35430726.html>
If Ahmed had brought a nixie clock to school, would he have been accused of making a time machine? I would like to add that when I went to high school in Texas in the early 1970s, I brought an LED clock to electronics class. I wasn’t arrested, suspended or had the clock confiscated. > On Sep 16, 2015, at 6:41 AM, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...also http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34266389 > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34266389> > > Nick > > On Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:17:55 UTC+1, petehand wrote: > Although nothing should surprise me by now about the insanity of the American > school system, this one touches a nerve. A kid - a young teenager - made a > clock of his own design, took it to school, and found himself in police > custody accused of making a fake terrorist bomb - a "movie bomb". Maybe it > wouldn't have happened if he'd used nixies instead of 7 segment displays, as > then the morons at his school might have asked him what it was instead of > instantly recognizing it as a deadly bomb like the ones they've seen in > Hollywood movies. Way to go, teachers, for discouraging him from ever doing > anything creative like that again. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW4w0Y1OXE > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW4w0Y1OXE> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4505f7d6-3735-452c-813c-15bcd03871fd%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4505f7d6-3735-452c-813c-15bcd03871fd%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/297535B8-F0F8-4090-9F66-53A4C4857E30%40pobox.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
