Poor kid is probably on the “no fly” list now too.
Nothing unites kids like sticking it to authority. I hope kids start bringing in their alarm clocks.
I think D_Odds are pretty good that you were whooshed. 
Ok, since no one here can proofread what they type, this shithole is named Irving. I know, I’ve lived in close proximity to it or worked in it all my life. In fact, I currently work less than 10 miles from the school in question, but in Dallas.
It’s never been a really great place. It’s greatest claim to fame before now was that it used to be where the Cowboys played. I used to love a t-shirt I had that said “IRVINGMAN! If it’s not in Irving, it’s not important.” It was just so stupid and absurd, it even had a drawing of Irvingman flying over Irving. Oddly enough, I traded it for a very old N.A.S.A t-shirt.
To be honest, one of the more awesome things about this city was that it has a large number of immigrants. Ages ago, before Japanese cuisine was common, they had Mr. Max. I still don’t know of another restaurant where I felt like the alien when I went in. As the years went by, the place would have been a wasteland if it hadn’t become a place where new immigrants could get a start. Taquerias, good Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants sprung up around the affordable housing and central location.
Now, I’d love to think that the incident was brought about by a moronic teacher supervised by a moronic principal, who got in touch with a moronic officer. In fact, I kind of think that if I had brought an odd-looking home electronics project to school 30 years ago, I probably would have at least seen the principal. By the time it got that far, I’d probably just have ripped the thing open out of exasperation and berated the adults around me for not knowing how a fucking digital clock worked. I probably would have gotten suspended anyway for the outburst, but at least it might have been justified.
But, now that I know this kid had the patience to debate a fool who thinks burning the Quran is a solution to anything but insufficient heat and ash, I figure he had too much restraint to do what would come naturally to me. The same debate, and my new understanding that the Mayor of said shithole is an Islamophobe, makes me think that something stinkier than usual (this does have the Trinity River to contend with) is going on in Irving.
So, dear English teacher, before you go identifying bombs, please get within a few miles of being someone who can. Then, go rub your head in the bottom of a porta-potty so you remember how shitty your brain used to be.
Dear Principal. Do the fucking same, and then go fuck yourself and set yourself on fire, to boot.
Dear Irving Police department. Do all of the above. You don’t deserve an explanation for why a kid wants to build a clock. If you’re too dim to comprehend that you don’t deserve that answer (or why the answer is, ya know, fucking obvious), I’m surprised you shower without drowning.
Just fucking absurd, shitty behavior out of an absurd, shitty suburb that I know all too well. They have shitty roads, shitty infrastructure, and apparently I’ve been able to blow down their shitty roads like it’s the Nürburgring because they’ve been searching for Osama Bin Laden. News flash guys, he’s never been to Irving, and he’s dead.
Fucktards.
Facepalm
Building digital clocks were a standard science project in my school system back in the day.
I presume you’re saying that because of THIS part of the linked story:
I’m pretty sure that sentence refers to the kid’s father. Every other reference to the kid calls him by his first name.
Other than that, pretty good rant.
I think this is a bomb, I better keep it in my desk and report it at the end of the day.
:eek:
Am I the only one wondering if they let Jerry Jones pick the school administrators? I can’t conceive of any other way of finding people that incompetent.
You are technically correct, and that’s the best kind of correct, thanks. 
And if I can get a little more rant on. If the kid really wanted to blow up the school, the device would need some weight. I’ll fast for 24 hours (from goddamn everything, including weed and cigarettes, but I’ll still drink water) if anyone can bring a reliable cite of this battery powered clock weighing more than 42 grams.
What are you ignorant? Don’t you watch those documentaries with Jack Baur, a bomb can fit in your pocket and always has a countdown timer.
It happened around 9/11 so he must be guilty!! 
The school congratulates themselves on how they handled this (Mods note, this is NOT copyrighted material):
By Og’s Beard, the stupid, it burns like the heat from a thousand suns.
It’s really a shame zero-tolerance can’t work in the other direction with summary firings of all adults involved.
The Irving police chief held a press conference. From here:
“Police Chief lies to cover up incompetence. In other news, fire is still hot. More at 11.”
Can the police chief be sued for slander?
[Quote=Principal Knucklehead]
I recommend using this opportunity to talk with your child about the Student Code of Conduct and specifically not bringing items to school that are prohibited.
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So, circuit boards are prohibited in Irving schools now? I guess parents must be pretty hot over all those laptop computers and cell phones confiscated.
Nope. Limited liability.
Ironic, isn’t it ?
The how about the department, or the city?