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

Thu Sep 17 11:48:52 EDT 2015

I am sure it already has happened, or will happen soon.  I mean he has
invites to NASA, Google, White house...  Just think of how many kids are
doing similar or better, but are not known.  Think of how many of us as
kids and what we did tinkering and learning with our CoCo's.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Quite possibly.
>
> Whatever the case, this will probably be one of the best things to happen
> to this
> kid with all the attention he is getting.  How long before someone gives
> him a
> full scholarship to the college of his choice and a nice job waiting on
> the other side?
>
> - Ed
>
>
> > On Sep 17, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >>
> >> ------------------
> >> www.tandycoco.com
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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.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
> >>>>
> >>> http://www.nf6x.net/
> >>>>
> >>>>
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