Resisting.... urge.... to.... profile.... this Vice Principal.......
errrr....failing to resist...
probably a “professional educator”
probably “liberal”
err...
probably of a “protected class”...
I would love to see a picture of the device.
Seems to me that the student was smarter than the "authorities" so he and his parents must be sent to re-education.
Betting that the project was a digital clock powered by a variant of the “potato battery”.
If that’s the case, the VP deserves to be transferred to a general population school on the grounds of being unqualified (no technical skills)
I’m guessing that wires and other electrical devices were too technical for the Principal of this technically-oriented school.
Oh how times have changed. In the early seventies when I was still in school, I brought an inert hand grenade to school and we had great fun leaving it on teachers desks and watching their reaction. The most serious punishment we received was a dirty look. And by the way, back then, the inert grenades still had the spring and hammer intact so when you pulled the pin the spoon would fly off.
The policy against bringing empty pop bottles and items that could be vaguely described as electronics to school?
Anyway, what I wanted to say was:
Dear San Diego Vice Principal:
You, sir or madam, are a pansy.
Furthermore, in your case, the terrorists have won.
Go back to bed, pull the covers over your head, stick your thumb in your mouth, and leave American kids alone.
Not your friend,
Notary Sojac
Having taught Science for 35 years I subscribe to the definition of “ The Toilet Fish Structure of Educational Administration . In other words , “ $hit Floats to the Top!”
I’d love to see the response of these idiots when they walk by a RADIO SHACK.
Apparently it was too difficult for the principal to just ASK the kid what he had made! Definitely better to call the CIA, FBI, Bomb squad, KGB....anybody who came to mind. This mental midget should have been jap-slapped by the kids’ dad.
Those "educators" probably don't even know what a "magnet" is...
There's nothing like a "tech magnet" school terrorizing and demotivating the next generation of engineers and scientists because of the ignorance and tight panties of those who are supposed to "educate" them.
When I think of all the science projects I took to school, I realize that I could have kept the entire left coast shut down from fifth grade thru highschool...
"...the project was made of an empty half-liter Gatorade bottle with some wires and other electrical components attached...
“The student will not be prosecuted, but authorities were recommending that he and his parents get counseling, the spokesman said. The student violated school policies, but there was no criminal intent, Luque said.”
What a bunch of namby, pamby over reacting IDIOTS!!!! I would have told the fire dept to shove their search of my house up their collective asses.
Luque said the project was intended to be a type of motion-detector device.
The student will not be prosecuted, but authorities were recommending that he and his parents get counseling, the spokesman said. The student violated school policies, but there was no criminal intent, Luque said.
What school policies? It was an empty bottle with some wiring and electronic components for god's sake!
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My guess is the kid had stiff wires hanging inside the bottle in a ring. These were attached to one terminal of a battery. Then he had another wire with a metal weight on the end hanging down in the middle of the other wires. This wire was attached to one terminal of a buzzer. The other end of the buzzer was attached to the remaining terminal of the battery.
When the bottle is moved, the weight contacts one of the wires, completing the circuit. The buzzer buzzes.
This technology should NOT be in the hands of civilians!! /s
magnet school — To me, the term magnet implies thinking outside the box. It seems this ‘magnet’ school is no diff than any other in terms of actually thinking.