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

[Zippster]

Yes, just a simple “ I’ve made something that I’m afraid some people might
think is a bomb, I’ll bring it to school tomorrow for show-and-tell.”

That way the Police can meet him at the door.   lol…

- Ed


> On Sep 17, 2015, at 11:43 AM, William Mikrut <wmikrut72 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree Wayne.
> 
> In this day and age, reasonable advanced notice wouldn't hurt anyone.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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