[Coco] OT - Kid gets arrested for building a clock

[Wayne Campbell]

I have read this entire thread, and there is one thing missing that no one
has thought of. Something so simple it could be overlooked, especially
given that we have never really taught our children to practice it. It's
called advance notice. I suspect that if this child had gone to the school
ahead of time and said, "I have made a clock and want to show it off to my
class", they would have likely wanted to examine the thing first to ensure
it is what he claimed it to be, but then he would have been allowed to
bring it with no adverse reaction. It was the surprise of bringing it
unannounced that set off all of the alarms.

In this day and age of paranoia being the driving force, we need to think
more about this type of behavior. I have been through enough in my 60 years
to know that I could have saved myself much aggravation over the years if I
had just spoken to someone before I acted. I think our schools and our
parents need to consider teaching this to the kids, and explaining why it
is important to inform before acting.

My 2 dinars.


On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Mark J. Blair <nf6x at nf6x.net> wrote:

>
> > On Sep 16, 2015, at 12:23, Raymond Jett via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Our local Dallas Makerspace (of which I am a member) is collecting for
> the Maker Fellowship Fund and is talking with the family about giving them
> a membership.
> > http://dallasmakerspace.org/contribute/maker-fellowship-fund/
> > This is a good use of the fund... get the kid into an atmosphere of
> creating and learning.
>
> Thanks for getting involved and helping!
>
> The idiots in charge of his school clearly didn't think it's an actual
> bomb, since they didn't evacuate the school. I hope the principal will be
> tried as an adult in the inevitable civil rights suit.
>
>
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