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Re: Can someone in the Irving TX area "draft" this young man?

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Originally Posted by teku14 View Post
If we leave this at simply "he was a victim of stereotype", I couldn't agree any more. But going this far and giving him all this underserved credit and attention absolutely ridiculous. Sure a mild gesture to let him know that his curiosity and passion is appreciated but this? How can you justify all this lip service and attention?
No on is suggesting that he has "earned" all the attention and gifts. Sometimes big gestures which garner large media coverage are useful for making large social change. I'm not qualified to determine what he has "earned", but I'm very glad that this story is big enough that so many people are talking about it. And all the gifts he has received act as a tangible gesture that important people/companies value this kind of spirit in young people.

It publicly changes the story from "Administrators victimize young STEM enthusiast" to "The President, Microsoft, etc. value victimized young STEM enthusiasts".