[logank013]

After reading the story, I understand why the school overreacted. Stereotypical bombs have a large countdown clock. I doubt most bombs actually have those on them. Any self educated person could look at the wiring and tell if it's actually a clock or not. I would have probably known that before I joined my team's electronics sub team. It's a sad story that he may be charged with a hoax bomb over some English teachers lack of knowledge on electronics. (Keep in mind I don't know what the clock looked like. I can't watch the video since I'm in a quiet place.) Hope some FIRST team can recruit him. He just sounds like a good old robotics geek (like the rest of us) that didn't think about the fact that his clock may look like the stereo typical bomb.