I just came to post the same. 
http://www.vice.com/read/ahmed-the-clock-kid-is-moving-to-qatar-vgtrn-491?utm_source=vicefbus
Wonder what will happen to his sisters…
Isn’t the whole family going?
Will his sisters also continue their education? No mention of scholarships for them…
Some U.S. editorial boards have taken exception to Ahmed’s recent “meeting” with the President of Sudan, a fellow whom ignored (and perhaps tacitly approved) the genocide in Darfur. I don’t know if this is fair criticism of Ahmed and his family because the invitation by President Bashir could have been one of those “offers that you can’t refuse.”
Some interesting sidenotes to this story that I hadn’t heard. Perhaps it’s already been discussed here: “Ahmed’s father is a Sudanese immigrant to the U.S. and a former presidential candidate in Sudan who ran opposing al-Bashir.” Apparently he ran for president twice.
It’s too bad that the young man didn’t bring his clock to the White House, as requested by the president, since, “As for the clock, Ahmed told The Dallas Morning News that he had been too busy traveling to get it and bring it with him.”
Wow!
I’m glad I’m not his sister…
The clock kid has moved to Qatar.
The thought plickens, as we used to say.
This week-end’s friendly reminder:
http://www.towleroad.com/2015/10/dont-forget-to-set-your-clocks-back/
I live in the only state that doesn’t recognize Daylight Saving Time.
I wonder what clock kid did with his invention when he moved to Qatar? Did he carry it aboard the plane or place it in checked luggage? Did it pass through security?
I wonder what his parents are going to do in Qatar. The kid got a scholarship by the Qatar Foundation, but the family is not Qatari (they have Sudanese roots).
Is the Qatar Foundation going to support the whole family to score political points? The muslim world has really made political hay out of the incident.
Or maybe he just bought another identical Radio Shack clock, carried that with him, then disassembled it in Qatar and presented it again as an invention.
Gees, amazing what people call an invention these days. If I did that in my school back in the 70s and called it an invention, I would have been laughed at.
No need to mock the kid. He’s just 14.
Plenty of bullies hiding behind online anonimity.
@NoVADad99 who is being bullied here?
It is a way of trying to shutdown talking about what really occurred. Never understood why the truth, for some people, is like showing Dracula the cross.
A very logical question that pertains to the use of correct language: Imagine if a student took a poem, simply rearranged the lines and verses, used the exact same words just in a different order, then gave this “new poem” a different name, and handed it in as something he wrote, would that be called writing poetry and be considered the original work of the student? No, it would be called out-and-out stealing of an idea, i.e., plagiarism in this case.
However, I remain open to not truly understanding what an invention is, so anyone is free to explain to me how rearranging the pieces of an already designed, off-the-shelf manufactured clock is any different than this poetry example and the clock should be viewed as original design and work.
EDIT: Many may wonder why this irks me to no end - it does because if my kid did this and it became public like this, we would be sued by the owners of the design because they know they can get money. However, in today’s political climate, certain groups can lie and get away with it because to call them out is considered bullying a protected class.