Quote:A small device like that which uses a 9V battery and possibly an AC power cord is suspected to be a bomb?  Give me a break.

 

Ask the guy to describe the purpose of each circuit board and allow him to demonstrate it.

 

Here is something to think about.  When Steve Wozniak invented his first computer (prior to the Apple) would he not be allowed to bring it to school?  Would it have been deemed "dangerous"?

Whoa, easy Spock, you and I are on the same page. The whole thing was a comedy of stupidity on the part of the school and its personnel from the start. I was solely responding to your suggestion that he should have been allowed to demonstrate what it does. To me, that seems like an unwise course of action if you suspect the device you're asking them to demonstrate is a bomb.

 

Now that the whole thing is behind us, I sincerely hope that he gets to bring it back to school for an assembly to show students how he built it and how it works.

 

And I hope his English teacher and principal and the cops that responded are seated front and center.

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