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In the article it mentions that his engineering teacher advised him to hide it from the other staff. Which is confusing to me. The teacher obviously knew it was

by zaphar 11y ago

In the article it mentions that his engineering teacher advised him to hide it from the other staff. Which is confusing to me. The teacher obviously knew it wasn't a bomb and obviously knew the other staff would misinterpret this. So why didn't the teacher preempt this whole thing by advising the school that "Yes, this kid brought in a clock to show me. No, it's not a bomb no matter how scary it looks."

draugadrotten 11y ago
It must be one hell of a clock if a teacher actually told the student to hide it from plain sight! EDIT: A picture of the actual device is here. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/15/irving-isd-student-detained-for-device-resembling-bomb/72339246/ http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/1... https://archive.is/Q0OLb https://archive.is/Q0OLb
- dec0dedab0de 11y ago
  This article is the only one to show that the kid did anything wrong. That was plug it in during English class, The appropriate response is to have it taken away for the rest of the day, and possibly a detention if it was really loud enough to disrupt class.
- danjayh 11y ago
  That is not a picture of the actual device. That's an example of something else he had laying around. Here's what he actually brought to school: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/_85589586_16e23342-6ce7-4c4f-b176-88d94cf667b3.jpg http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/...
mikeash 11y ago
I'm sure this isn't really an isolated incident in this school, it just happens to be one that got bad enough to make national news. The place is probably crazy even on a good day. The teacher probably didn't want to stick his neck out.
slayed0 11y ago
Not asserting fact here but merely providing my interpretation: The engineering teacher may have advised the student to bring the device to school but to not pull it out in any other class. This could have been done to avoid distracting other students or attracting unwanted attention from other teachers. This seems like a straight forward request that may have been taken out of context. I have not seen a quote that uses the word "hide", which really changes the connotation of the statement. I highly doubt the engineering teacher thought specifically that the device could be seen as a bomb.
- zaphar 11y ago
  I was thinking of this quote from the article: the teacher recommended he hide it from the rest of the staff. However it's not a direct quote so I don't know the wording the teacher used. Regardless, this teacher seems to have known enough to step in at any time before this child was escorted from the school in handcuffs. Perhaps he did and was shot down. I don't know but the details as shared stuck out to me.
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by zaphar 11y ago

draugadrotten 11y ago

It must be one hell of a clock if a teacher actually told the student to hide it from plain sight! EDIT: A picture of the actual device is here. http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/15/irving-isd-student-detained-for-device-resembling-bomb/72339246/ http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/1... https://archive.is/Q0OLb https://archive.is/Q0OLb

dec0dedab0de 11y ago
This article is the only one to show that the kid did anything wrong. That was plug it in during English class, The appropriate response is to have it taken away for the rest of the day, and possibly a detention if it was really loud enough to disrupt class.
danjayh 11y ago
That is not a picture of the actual device. That's an example of something else he had laying around. Here's what he actually brought to school: http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/_85589586_16e23342-6ce7-4c4f-b176-88d94cf667b3.jpg http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/...

mikeash 11y ago

I'm sure this isn't really an isolated incident in this school, it just happens to be one that got bad enough to make national news. The place is probably crazy even on a good day. The teacher probably didn't want to stick his neck out.

slayed0 11y ago

Not asserting fact here but merely providing my interpretation: The engineering teacher may have advised the student to bring the device to school but to not pull it out in any other class. This could have been done to avoid distracting other students or attracting unwanted attention from other teachers. This seems like a straight forward request that may have been taken out of context. I have not seen a quote that uses the word "hide", which really changes the connotation of the statement. I highly doubt the engineering teacher thought specifically that the device could be seen as a bomb.

zaphar 11y ago
I was thinking of this quote from the article: the teacher recommended he hide it from the rest of the staff. However it's not a direct quote so I don't know the wording the teacher used. Regardless, this teacher seems to have known enough to step in at any time before this child was escorted from the school in handcuffs. Perhaps he did and was shot down. I don't know but the details as shared stuck out to me.
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