![]() And then they sued the Irving Independent School District and the city of Irving and oh, yes, some other people, too.Īnd now, just this week, that suit was dismissed - and the Mohamed family was ordered to pay the court costs.įinally. Then they sued more news guys in a different court. Then they sued the news guys for defamation. So the family demanded $15 million from the school. And they dared to say so, which of course, caused the mental anguish to the Mohamed family. It isn’t always an easy world to be curious and excited, but at least in the end it seems that the public has genuine support for true passion.Because after a little while, some in the media started to get the idea, based on look-sees into Mohamed’s past run-ins with authority figures, that the whole clock-that-looked-like-a-bomb thing was staged - a political stunt to get the family money and give the leftists in the political world a means by which to show just how supposedly discriminatory Americans are against Muslims. The passage of time is perhaps the most constant force in the universe and it is interesting to see young curious minds as well as enthusiasts such as mechanical watch lovers rallying around the exact same concepts even though their tactics for doing so vary. ![]() There is something truly innate among even the most educated and curious about “having time” on your side. A simple clock, while perhaps ordinary and common, is still something we find to fascinating. What we feel is most relevant about this story is the simply curious nature of viewing and measuring time. Last but definitely not least, as mentioned above, Ahmed also received a personal tweet from the President of the United States, as Barack Obama invited him to the White House. ![]() Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. The scientist, who works in the university’s top-ranked Department of Physics and the California-based Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, told Ahmed that he was exactly the “kind of student we want at places like MIT and Harvard.”Ĭool clock, Ahmed. Keep building.” and Google Science Fair noting “Hey Ahmed- we’re saving a seat for you at this weekend’s Google Science Fair…want to come? Bring your clock! #IStandwithAhmed.”Īhmed has called the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) his “dream school,” and, in a quite amazing turn of events during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday, the 14-year-old was introduced to a surprise guest: MIT astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. Invitations from the likes of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying “Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I’d love to meet you. Of course the situation looks very poorly for the police and school system authorities given that public sentiment will inevitably continue to draw allusions to racial profiling and a now deeply ingrained fear of terrorism and the threat of terrorism. With that said details seem to confirm that the teachers could tell that it was not at all a real bomb and later only accused the 14 year old of bringing a “hoax” bomb to class even though there does not seem to be evidence that Ahmed made gestures or statements to that effect.Īs noted, although no charges will be filed, social media networks are still abuzz with supportive posts, messages, and tweets with thousands collected at the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed – coming equally from the sympathetic masses, as well as industry- and world leaders. Unfortunately, according to many critics of the situation, none of his teachers were even remotely competent enough to see a creative 14-year old child through the culture of fear and apprehension that has struck many of the educational institutions around America. ![]() On a personal note, when I was fourteen, I was really good at taking things apart, but never could put them back together even remotely as successfully (or at all) as Ahmed managed to do here – and so it is no wonder he was proud of his creation and wanted to present it to his teachers. I think we can all agree that Ahmed should be proud of his project. There’s a transformer for stepping down the line voltage, a 9-volt connector for power-outage battery backup, plus the control board with buttons to set the clock – and last but not least, the main board that connects all the pieces together, attached to the display by a wide ribbon cable. The electronics appear to be the re-arranged guts of a standard digital alarm clock, linked to a big, seven-segment display.
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