Quote:I'm currently arguing with someone on Facebook who is asking why Ahmed built a clock that looks like a bomb and brought it to school, and why, of all things, a Muslim would be interested in making a digital clock. I'm currently blasting him, but there is one relevant point here:

 

If the physics teacher he showed it to in the morning thought it looked like something that a reasonable human being would mistake for a bomb, why didn't that teacher tell Ahmed to leave the clock there for the day?

 

I can answer that.  Because being a part of the Open Source community and specifically the "maker community", sometimes when what some would deem a "simple project" could end up looking like... an abortion from an electrical/electronics standpoint.

 

The kid built a clock out of electrical parts that he maybe bought or possibly salvaged from somewhere else.  We're talking about a 14 year old kid that doesn't have a big budget for his hobby, so it's not always going to look "pretty".

 

The fact that the kid's name is Ahmed and the fact that he practices the Muslim religion has no bearing on the issue.

 

I would say that the teacher probably knew him well enough to know that he was a little "geek", and knew that it wasn't a dangerous object.

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