Things like this is why America is falling behind the rest of the world.

[Ganhyun]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100118/0250237790.shtml

Link to the local news source:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/15/students-evacuated-school-chollas-view/

an 11-year-old student who tried to build his own motion-detector system as a science project, and when he brought it to school to show people, school officials thought it was a bomb and freaked out. They called the police, evacuated the school and all of the expected chaos followed. Law enforcement even brought in a robot to examine the device, and the student's house was searched for explosives (none found, of course). After all of this (and it was said that the student and his parents were "very cooperative" throughout the ordeal) you might think the family deserves an apology. Instead:

    The student will not be prosecuted, but authorities were recommending that he and his parents get counseling, the spokesman said. The student violated school policies, but there was no criminal intent....

Seriously? Well, I guess the kid does need counseling now that he has basically been taught that being creative=bad after all this.

[Ganhyun]

A motion detection device is against school policies...I wonder how this school tackles drug abuse if these folks already get counseling.

The nutjob who panicked is the one who should be put on xanax.

not sure why it would be against school policies. The school is designed around creating things.

The School's Mission Statement:

School Mission Statement:
All Millennial Tech Middle School students will cultivate their technology skills to enhance their motivation and curiosity to excel academically in order to become productive citizens that will drastically impact the developing information age.


I'd say trying to develop better motion detection devices would be useful in the future in many areas.

but yea, the VP needs some Xanax or something stat.

[Madrun Badrun]

 

[Raban]

This is from California. Our schools rank 51st in the nation. Thread over.

[Stoney Mason]

Story doesn't follow, is missing something some crucial detail.

This perhaps.

[Joe Molotov]

Story doesn't follow, is missing something some crucial detail.

Kids are smart, adults r dum. Haven't you watched a sitcom produced in the past 20 years??

[Human Snorenado]

The real reason that America is falling behind the rest of the world is that we think that 41 out of 100 is a majority.