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Originally Posted by teku14
I'll address many of the responses I've seen here.
1. He said so himself during many recorded interviews that it was his invention. (I'm surprised our FIRST community Memebers hasn't been able to identify that he hadn't made the clock from the photo)
2. He literally opened up a clock case and spilled its innards out onto box. That's fine also I guess sure we'll applaud that as curiosity or whatever
3. If that is the case then should we encourage students the way we are Ahmed? Does every 10-14 year old (who I've seen many do remarkable things) get huge scholarship funds, internship opportunities, and a White House visit?
4. I certainly hope you didn't have the initiative to plaguerize at his age because that's exactly what he's done.
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I think you are missing the point of this issue. If a 14 year old student uses the word "invented" to describe something that they put together from a kit, or parts, or even put working parts into a new enclosure,
that isn't a big deal. I have tons of students on my FIRST team that use the wrong words to describe their work (especially freshman like Ahmed). We correct them and we move on.
You should also look into how plagiarism because simply using the word "invent" does not qualify. Arguing about the use of the English language by a freshman seriously detracts from the real issues here.