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In reply to the discussion: Help get Ahmed out of Texas and into MIT [View all]Shandris
(3,447 posts)13. The success of the parents is a key indicator in who can go to college...
...unless that's changed? I confess it may have, it's been a long time since I (foolishly) thought about trying to go to college.
But aside from that...if the school thought it was a bomb, why wasn't the school evacuated? If the POLICE thought it could be a bomb, why was there no bomb squad? That's what makes me think there could be more to this, but what that 'more' is...I have no clue. And I admit I could be completely wrong, too. It's just odd.
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During Ahmed's interview with his parents they all mentioned he would be going
monmouth4
Sep 2015
#1
According to the coverage there was discussion about charging him with making a "hoax bomb"
PoliticAverse
Sep 2015
#27
yeah, but if it went to get him to a good private high school, that's fine by me.
nilram
Sep 2015
#41
I'm not sure putting wired guts of a commercial alarm clock into a box at 14 is exactly MIT level
linuxman
Sep 2015
#20
So I searched for the pic and this is the one the police apparently released...
PoliticAverse
Sep 2015
#32
Most people who are not born there and not broke live in Texas for $$, employment.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2015
#35