I can buy the 'bright kid, dumb teacher' angle.
But if little Ahmed had been named Jimmy and had a Confederate Flag on his pencil case and built this, would this have happened?:
(from the link) Shortly after the press conference, President Barack Obama extended a Twitter invitation for Ahmed to bring his "cool clock" to the White House. "We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great," the tweet read.
I think we know the answer.
Bull.
He set the alarm to go off in class.
He and his father knew EXACTLY what they were doing.
His father is out to prove that America so sooooo islamaphobic.
Why do you think the Science teacher told him not to show anyone?? Because the SCIENCE teacher knew it could cause alarm.
If you can use toothpaste to engineer a bomb, how is an ENGLISH teacher supposed to know if what she’s looking at is legit?? She’s not a scientist. Oh she saw some bombs on TV?? Well, where the Hell do you think she would have seen a REAL one?