Geek Dad: We Stand With Ahmed – An Open Letter to Ahmed Mohamed

[HuckleB]

http://geekdad.com/2015/09/we-stand-with-ahmed/

"When we first saw this headline, we here at GeekDad were alarmed:

Irving 9th-grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school

Then when we read further, we were dismayed. Here is a kid, doing what every kid should be doing: experimenting, playing, following his passions. Here is a kid who tried to show those passions to those who were supposed to be trusted adults: his teachers. And instead of congratulating him for his effort, they responded, for whatever reason, with distrust and fear. He told them it was a clock. A cursory examination would have born that out. They chose to let their preconceptions guide them. That’s not right. That’s never right.

Ahmed, we stand with you. We support your efforts to learn. We support your efforts to tinker. We support your efforts to proudly demonstrate your dedication to science and nerdery by rocking a NASA shirt.

..."


Link to the Help Ahmed Make campaign: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ws7e8WyQvrsLfhSFvdGot3n9NWKfY3XLPBgbHaZDy3k/viewform?c=0&w=1

#IstandwithAhmed

[HuckleB]

1. Facebook links to the school and district.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/MacArthur-High-School/103794289659416?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/IrvingSchools?fref=ts

[joeybee12]

2. Saya lot about how paranoid people have become...

All those see something say something posters/billborads make me

[UtahLib]

3. We should all stand with Ahmed. nt

[HuckleB]

4. Indeed!