Stupidity knows no bounds.
Why do presumably intelligent school principals sometimes do really stupid things?
One such person in Long Beach, California, overheard a student discussing his science fair project.
It didn't occur to the principal that a middle school student could not possibly make thermonuclear weapons from information seen on the Internet.
It did not seem odd to the principal that the boy's parents were providing the materials for the device.
It did not seem necessary to ask some simple questions about the design of the device, or to read the instructions for it, which would have made it clear that the device was harmless.
No, the principal thought it was important to suspend the student, and call the sheriff's department and have the boy's house searched at taxpayer's expense.
Read the whole thing. Then build the toy in question. It looks like fun.
One such person in Long Beach, California, overheard a student discussing his science fair project.
It didn't occur to the principal that a middle school student could not possibly make thermonuclear weapons from information seen on the Internet.
It did not seem odd to the principal that the boy's parents were providing the materials for the device.
It did not seem necessary to ask some simple questions about the design of the device, or to read the instructions for it, which would have made it clear that the device was harmless.
No, the principal thought it was important to suspend the student, and call the sheriff's department and have the boy's house searched at taxpayer's expense.
Read the whole thing. Then build the toy in question. It looks like fun.