I really don't know where I learned it
from Ahmed Muhammad likes to Tinker so
when the 14-year-old put together a
digital clock from spare parts he
thought he'd impress his teacher not set
off a national controversy I took it to
school to show my teachers the talent
that I had I want to show him and in my
perspective it didn't look like a bomb
his English teacher at this Texas High
School thought different Muhammad
wearing his NASA t-shirt was arrested
and fingerprinted this is what he
created ated police questioned him on
suspicion it was a hoax bomb I just
brought something to school that wasn't
a threat to anyone it didn't do anything
wrong Muhammad's father says it wasn't
the clock that scared the school it was
the color of his son's skin why is the
greatest country we need this trouble
not to hinder us as Muslim as Christian
or Jew Irving Police say their
investigation confirmed amed's story
case closed the chief saying they would
have handled it the same way if the
student was white that's a very
suspicious device we live in an age
where you can't take things like that to
school there was no bomb but the story
did blow up on social media with many
including Hillary Clinton defending
Muhammad assumptions and fear don't keep
us safe they hold us back Ahmed stay
curious and keep building Canadian
astronaut Chris Hadfield invited him to
Toronto for a science event even the
White House weighed in but it's not too
late for all of us to use this as a
teachable moment and to search our own
conscience for biases in whatever form
they take suspended for three days
Muhammad now has an invitation to meet
the President Barack Obama tweeting we
should Inspire more kids like you to
like science it's what makes America
great from Mohammad it caps off a
whirlwind few days going from handcuffs
to science celebrity Steven duza CBC
News New York has