OK, it seems like either I'm not getting some important point, or else this kid got a royal screwing.
Right in my hot little hand I have a "Clock Kit" that's composed of a small microcontroller, a 4 digit LED display and (OH MY GOD!!!) a beeper:
Now, I can imagine a teacher, not knowing what the thing is, to be suspicious and maybe even call police.
But, looking at the board, anyone with a brain (yeah, I know THAT'S a stretch...) anyone with a brain can see it's just a little circuit board. No bomb or bomb parts, no detonator, no "curly wire bundles" that you see in movie bombs.
Just a little PC board and an LED display.
So why in hell was the kid arrested and suspended for three days?
I know he claims to be a "muslim" and that's already a few strikes against him, but come on!
Schools lately are pushing a program called STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)... a program meant to improve American kid's pathetically minuscule involvement in technology.
I'm sure the next kid will be just itching to bring his STEM project to school... so clueless teachers can suspend him and cops can arrest him.
Now look... I'm not "defending a muslim". I would rather see all
true muslims exterminated. But what was done to this kid can happen to ANY school kid, and that's a tragedy.
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