Over time my initial assesment of the kid has changed quite a bit. I still think the Irving pd overreacted, however I think the kid is receiving too much credit for being a young 'genius'. Honestly, if the kid believed unscrewing the housing of a desk alarm clock and shoving its internals inside a pencil box is worth bringing to school to 'impress' teachers, he has a rather low bar for what is 'impressive'. I think all the responses from institutions like MIT almost guaranteeing him admission is pretty funny and quite an overreaction. What would be really hilarious is if 3 years down the line the kid receives like a 1000 math and reading SAT score and MIT laughs at themselves for honestly considering him as a future student just because he can unscrew the housing of a desk alarm clock.
This kid has been out of school doing a world tour, but it now turns out he had been in trouble before and suspended for it. Right now he is meeting with the president of Sudan. [rquoter] Before Ahmed’s fame: fantastic inventions and a fight with authority If you want to know Ahmed Mohamed — not the hoax bomb suspect or the vindicated celebrity, but the motormouth kid with a schoolbag full of inventions and a head full of questions — ask a teacher. Ask at Sam Houston Middle School, where the boy from Sudan mastered electronics and English, once built a remote control to prank the classroom projector and bragged of reciting his First Amendment rights in the principal’s office. It’s also the school where Ahmed racked up weeks of suspensions, became convinced an administrator had it in for him and — before he left for the high school where he turned famous — prompted Irving ISD to review claims of anti-Muslim bullying. If you want to know about the boy before the fame, ask Ralph Kubiak: Ahmed’s seventh-grade history teacher and fellow outsider. ...[/rquoter]
[rQUOTEr]Ahmed Mohamed will move to Qatar After finally meeting President Obama last night, Ahmed Mohamed and his family plan to leave the United States for the foreseeable future. Schools from across the country have made offers to Ahmed since he was arrested at Irving’s MacArthur High last month—his homemade clock confused with a hoax bomb, transforming him into a symbol of perceived anti-Muslim bias. But apparently it was an offer from the Middle East that most intrigued the family. The Mohameds announced today that they’ve accepted a foundation’s offer to pay for the 14-year-old’s high school and college in Doha, Qatar, which Ahmed visited a few weeks ago as he began a world tour. His sister, Eyman Mohamed, said Ahmed will study at Doha Academy, while she and his other siblings find schools in the rich capital city, which hosts a huge university complex called Education City. “Looking at all the great offers we’ve had, it’s the best decision,” said Eyman, 18. “They even have Texas A&M at Qatar … It’s basically like America.” “We are going to move to a place where my kids can study and learn and all of them being accepted by that country,” said Ahmed’s father, Mohamed Elhassan Mohamed, before he got off the phone and stepped onto the airplane. The family’s full statement follows. [/rQUOTEr]
What happened to him was wrong, there really is no question about it...but this story is starting to annoy me. Too much coverage and media attention.
Has Ahmed actually demonstrated any engineering ingenuity? It's pretty clear his homemade clock was a commercial clock taken out of its casing. I find it fascinating how he's getting so many scholarship opportunities for such a simple feat.
people feel sorry for him because they think he was profiled for being a muslim just a lot of pity. They don't dig deeper and see the kid has been a trouble maker for a while.
i'm not saying you are racist. but i think it's curious that not too many people come right out and say "i'm racist". anyways do your thing buddy.
