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

[Matt Joyce]

This is how you get super villains.

On September 16, 2015 10:26:38 AM EDT, David Francos <me at davidfrancos.net> wrote:
>2015-09-16 16:16 GMT+02:00 Edward L Platt <ed at elplatt.com>:
>
>> Sadly, this happens at all levels of education and even at the most
>> tech-savvy schools. My friends Nathan Matias and Kate Darling have
>been
>> working with MIT and BU to set up a legal clinic for MIT students who
>run
>> into legal trouble as a result of innovative work. They're also
>organizing
>> an event with the EFF called Freedom to Innovate. It might be
>encouraging
>> for the student to know that MIT students run into the same types of
>> problems, and these links might be able to sway some people in the
>city and
>> school:
>>
>> http://freedom2innovate.mit.edu/
>>
>>
>>
>https://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-story-behind-mit-and-boston-universitys-new-legal-clinic-for-student-innovation
>>
>>
>If it were me, that tought would not encourage me to anything, it'd
>probably depress me a little and probably make me realize how fucked up
>our
>world really is
>
>
>> Happy hacking,
>> -Ed
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Randall Arnold
><randall.arnold at texrat.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I live not far from Irving and used to work there.  I had always
>thought
>>> it was more progressive than some of the cities around here...
>apparently
>>> not.
>>>
>>>
>>> This state has become so paranoid...
>>>
>>> On September 16, 2015 at 6:27 AM Joshua Pritt <ramgarden at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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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