Police Called Over 11-Year-Old's Science Project

Posted by samzenpus on Saturday January 16, 2010 @09:37AM from the duck-and-cover dept.

garg0yle writes "Police in San Diego were called to investigate an 11-year-old's science project, consisting of 'a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics,' after the vice-principal came to the conclusion that it was a bomb. Charges aren't being laid against the youth, but it's being recommended that he and his family 'get counseling.' Apparently, the student violated school policies — I'm assuming these are policies against having any kind of independent thought?"

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Re:WTF? by mindwhip · 2010-01-16 10:17 · Score: 1, Offtopic

next time the project won't just look like a bomb
Even if it is one...

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Re:Counseling gets the school off the hook by TapeCutter · 2010-01-16 23:53 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Slashdot needs an undo button, I posted that before I RTFA and realised TFS was misleading hyperbole.

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