Ahmed Mohamed — who makes his own radios and repairs his own go-kart — hoped to impress his teachers when he brought a homemade clock to MacArthur High on Monday.
Instead, the school phoned police about Ahmed’s circuit-stuffed pencil case.
So the 14-year-old missed the student council meeting and took a trip in handcuffs to juvenile detention. His clock now sits in an evidence room. Police say they may yet charge him with making a hoax bomb — though they acknowledge he told everyone who would listen that it’s a clock.
In the meantime, Ahmed’s been suspended, his father is upset and the Council on American-Islamic Relations is once again eyeing claims of Islamophobia in Irving.
“They thought, ‘How could someone like this build something like this unless it’s a threat?’” Ahmed said.
Am I the only one who feels that our country is becoming hysterical? It cause a waste of technical talent and it’s a nightmare for this young boy. Suspend the teacher. Suspend the principal. Acknowledge the boy for his wits and let him show his schoolmates what he build. Then let him teach. He’s smarter than those who institutionalize him.
