[hackerspaces] Irving Texas student suspended for bringing a circuitry-control clock project to school

[Mitch Altman]

WTF? 

This guy needs to be encouraged, not discouraged. 

I got the Dallas Makerspace address from hackerspaces.org.  According to Google Maps, it's a 22 minute drive to Irving (or a 3 hour 41 minute walk). 

I'll email someone there, and see if they can contact Ahmed. 

Best, 
Mitch. 

Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:27:37 -0400
From: ramgarden at gmail.com
To: discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org
Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Irving Texas student suspended for bringing a circuitry-control clock project to school

I am at a loss for words. We really do seem to be moving backwards.  I'm reminded of the movie Idiocracy and worry that we are actually heading in that direction.  How can we make sure to avoid that possible future? 
On Sep 16, 2015 7:16 AM, "Glyn Kennington" <glyn at potatojunkie.co.uk> wrote:
mindthegoat wrote:

> The lack of replies here suggests everyone is completely lost for

> words. In the UK we moan about our education system but you guys are

> in so much trouble if your country is going so backward.

>

> Support Ahmed, the school and police are surely a lost cause.



I'm reminded of something I read years ago, about a student being

suspended for "hacking" after using "net send".  That was also in Texas.



http://yro.slashdot.org/story/04/01/07/1713236/8th-grader-suspended-for-using-net-send-command



It looks like this time round, the police were involved and demonstrated

a similar lack of clue.

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