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In reply to the discussion: "Clock boy" discrimination lawsuit dismissed by federal judge [View all]MichMan
(11,868 posts)26. They sure did
Invited to the White House to meet the President, invited by Zuckerberg to FaceBook HQ, went to NASA with a special invite, visited MIT, visited Google and offered an internship when he was older, and also went to a session of the UN. All of them praising him for "inventing" a clock. As others stated, he took a store bought clock out of the housing and placed the contents in a pencil box.
It was not for a class project, it was something he just brought in on his own. When he showed it to a teacher at school, he was told to put it away until school was over. He set the alarm, so it went off in another class and that's when all the trouble started. I think the family got the reaction they were hoping for
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this was AM radio's best bullshit hate fuck storm of the year. why did they give up so soon?
juxtaposed
May 2017
#2
I bet the child is doing well. He and family moved to a better school in another country.
Sunlei
May 2017
#11
He took 9 screws out of a store bought clock & put the pieces in a briefcase.
Crash2Parties
May 2017
#21