Well...I don’t know what kind of country arrests a kid for building a clock, but I suspect it’s not one that will be a leader in science in 20 years. I have nothing to say on this...is beyond my comprehension..
Ahmed Mohamed, the 14- year -old ninth grader in Irving, Texas, who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school when teachers accused him of making a bomb — has become the focus of a social media furor.
A series of tweets in support of the boy, tagged with #IStandWithAhmed, noted the Islamophobic double standard surrounding the case, arguing had the young inventor been white with a non-Muslim name, he would have been celebrated. As of Wednesday afternoon, the hashtag was trending with nearly 500,000 tweets.
And then there was POTUS. At 12:58 p.m., President Barack Obama sent a simple tweet offering his support for Mohamed's technical curiosity and inviting the student to the White House to show off his homemade clock.
Article via MIC
http://mic.com/articles/125416/president-obama-stands-with-ahmed-tweets-perfect-response-after-muslim-boy-s-arrest
#kidsinscience
Great response by the President.
ReplyDeleteGCB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727387/? Kudos to Obama!
ReplyDeleteWe made double edged swords and gun racks back in junior high shop class....
ReplyDeleteThe internet has illuminated a crappy situation and maybe improved it for at least this one kid.
ReplyDeleteYeah because the kid is not going to receive a cavity search before entering the White House.
ReplyDeleteOf course then there was the kid who chewed his Pop Tart into the shape of a gun and was expelled... Who BTW did not get invited to the white house for his artistic contributions. We are losing our greatest talent as a species... Common Sense!
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