MIT professor invites Ahmed -- to his ‘dream school’

[laserhaas]

Source: Boston Globe

MIT astrophysics professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein reached out on Twitter to the aspiring engineer, who was wearing a NASA shirt at the time of his arrest, to invite him to the university.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/09/16/mit-professor-invites-ahmed-texas-teen-arrested-over-mistaken-clock-his-dream-school/RXaNxi36gHfhUxFTKazgbL/story.html

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Here's the Tweet invite by the MIT Professor;

Anil Dash ✔ @anildash

Ahmed and family have set up an official Twitter account: @IStandWithAhmed Please follow it for their own updates.


Chanda (王嬋娟 @IBJIYONGI
.@anildash @IStandWithAhmed we would love to have Ahmed visit us at MIT!
7:23 AM - 16 Sep 2015
687 687 Retweets 1,474 1,474 favorites

And his response...

Chanda (王嬋娟 @IBJIYONGI
Ahmed Mohamed ✔ @IStandWithAhmed

@IBJIYONGI @anildash I would love to!! MIT is my dream school.
9:30 AM - 16 Sep 2015
366 366 Retweets 1,241 1,241 favorites

[pnwmom]

1. I'm so glad sanity has prevailed. But isn't it crazy that he's STILL on suspension?

No wonder he's looking for another school.

[laserhaas]

2. As Susan Sarandon said about government (in the Glossip execution case)

Once they make a mistake - they'd rather hold the bad faith line and make a dozen more

than admit they are wrong.

[elleng]

4. Right.

FOOLS running the school/system.

[laserhaas]

6. Fools have many supporting foolples...

just sayin.....

Look at GOP debate and go DUH...

[Beowulf42]

15. School Systems?

Fools running most of everything. IMHO

[SoapBox]

8. Absolutely!!!!!

Same with the corporate mentality these days...never, ever, no matter how bad a decisions, admit to it being wrong.

What the f*ck?? Where did that mentality come from?

[PoliticAverse]

9. It's good if he's still on suspsnsion, that way he isn't compelled to go back to that school

right now.

[Igel]

19. n other words, sanity hasn't prevailed.

Insanity has.

This says, "If you scream loud and wail over some injustice that's not just all that great, we'll reward you."

And we positively reward exaggerating grievances.

At the same time, given human proclivities to not back down when challenged, we set up a nice dynamic of "do what we say, chumps, or we'll crush you." It's the ultimate "we hate dialog" move ... not by them, but those opposing them. Instead of finding a decent solution, the situation's escalated.

Lose-lose for society. Great for one, horrible for 100 million. Privatize gain, socialize loss.

[tomm2thumbs]

3. terrific how the 'powers that be' are being shown the door by the 'forces of creativity'

speaking truth to power seems to work pretty well and turned this mess into a successful rebuke of irrational policing

[laserhaas]

5. Except they still haven't let him back into the school

I'm going to reach out to people tomorrow...again

[tomm2thumbs]

11. I think there are bigger things in his future now

I'd say that door closing may be the start of some amazing things.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Thanks for the bright note in this story, laserhaas. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

10. If this is the woman who was on Chris Hayes show (from MIT) last night, she extended the invitation

during the interview. I didn't catch her name, but she's an astrophysicist at MIT. You should have
seen Ahmed's eyes light up!

I watched the whole interview. This kid is geek, pure geek. Shy, reserved, well spoken, but not
given to lengthy answers. No um's, uh's, searching for words. Brief, concise answers to
Chris' questions.

This may be one of those situations where more good will come out of it than could ever have
been anticipated.

[sarge43]

13. In my mind theater

Twenty or thirty years from now NASA announces the successful landing of its mobile probe on Titan. Mention is made that the success is due in great part to the complex, cutting edge electronic system designed by Dr Ahmed Mohamed.

At MacArthur HS, Irving TX the principal sighs, "We could have claimed him as a honor graduate." Karma whispers back, "Bite it, idiots."

[mnhtnbb]

14. I like it!

[aceofblades]

12. That's awesome!

From everything I've seen, ahmed would fit it quite well at my alma matter. His creative and inventive mind would be stimulated rather than spurned.

[laserhaas]

18. Its so cool

[woundedkarma]

16. borderline tears reading this

How wonderful for him!

The president and now MIT.

I'm so glad he's going to get a chance to follow his dreams. Nobody can stand in his way now, not with so many people standing with him.

Just as good we're showing a whole lot of young people that at many of us stand with them as well.

[Dont call me Shirley]

17. I hope Ahmed is accepted into MIT, he deserves that!

[smirkymonkey]

20. So do I! It would be great to see one of his dreams come true, primarily

as a result of one of what must be one of the most traumatic experiences of his young life!

[Dont call me Shirley]

21. He's already putting that school teacher, admin and cops to shame!

[GOLGO 13]

22. Looks like NASA is gonna have to step up their game & put him in a shuttle for a quick trip

I mean, how else are you gonna top the President & MIT?

[laserhaas]

23. Ha ha...like the Walberg/ Ferril movie coming out

One ups


Kisses, who wants $20, a..dog..a pony.
.
Ahmed.... NASA makes him youngest astronaut ever,
.
MIT makes him a professor
.
Obama makes him head of Science (better than Inhofe type fools).
.
Then Queen of England marries him an makes him King