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

[Louis Ciotti]

While I like the fact the kid is attempting to build things, and I feel
that everyone over reacted, my issue is with the fact that everyone is
saying he built a clock.  Looking at the photos it looked like he took an
alarm clock apart at threw it on a suitcase looking box.  Then the new
photos look staged as well.  They show him near a desk with a computer and
a wad of cables and wire on the desk.  Why do I suspect that this kid is
not 100% innocent and his "clock" was meant to be a joke, and when everyone
overreacted he change his tune.  we will never know the real story now that
the media has gotten a hold of it.  That is all I am going to say on this.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Brian Blake <random.rodder at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The article I read stated he put it together on a Sunday night, hoping to
> impress his teacher.
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> On Sep 17, 2015 11:29 AM, "Salvador Garcia" <ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Did the article mention this? I agree with you, although the adverse
> > reaction was still too extreme.
> >
> >
> > On first read I do not recall the article mentioning that the student
> just
> > brought the clock out of thin air or whether he had had any kind of
> > previous discussion about it with someone at the school. Maybe I missed
> it?
> >
> >
> > Salvador
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2015 10:03 am
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] OT - Kid gets arrested for building a clock
> >
> >
> > 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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> > >
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