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

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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.
So what?

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(I'm surprised our FIRST community Memebers hasn't been able to identify that he hadn't made the clock from the photo)
Why should we even be trying to?

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2. He literally opened up a clock case and spilled its innards out onto box.
So what?

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That's fine also I guess sure we'll applaud that as curiosity or whatever
Yes, we should applaud this type of behavior.

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3. If that is the case then should we encourage students the way we are Ahmed?
Yes.

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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?
Obviously not. But Ahmed is not just every 10-14 year old who's done a remarkable thing.
When an incident becomes a matter of public interest, then examples need to be set. Important examples about racial tolerance and encouraging STEM.


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4. I certainly hope you didn't have the initiative to plaguerize at his age because that's exactly what he's done.
Nothing he did constitutes plagiarism.

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And that makes sense because this recent development has brought the whole movement under question. It undermines his motives and make people suspicious. I was originally deeply appealed with what happened to him but after recent developments...
No, it doesn't. There are no "recent developments" that change anything here. Whether or not he "invented" the clock or not is irrelevant. It's a pedantic argument that has nothing to do with the larger themes of the cultural prejudices in play here (both racially and intellectually motivated).
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