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Where will Ahmed Mohamed go to school? The 14-year-old from Irving was suspended and handcuffed Monday after officials mistook his homemade clock for a bomb. His suspension from MacArthur High is supposed to end Friday.
By now, it seems like almost everybody knows the story: A freshman brings a clock he’s made to class. He gets detained and arrested, asked if he’s tried to make a bomb.
The whole situation has bubbled up online across the country, raising questions about racial profiling -- and, a school’s ability to foster creative talent.
"I’m thinking of transferring schools from MacArthur to any different school," Mohamed said yesterday, standing in front of his house with his family and lawyers.
The dean of the Texas Academy Of Mathematics And Science -- or TAMS, which Mohamed mentioned -- told theDenton Record-Chronicle he wants to bring Mohamed in for a private tour. Today his family wouldn’t say anything about his high school plans. David Brown, host of the public radio news magazine the Texas Standard asked him about his college plans today.
"What's your dream school?" Brown asked. To which Mohamed replied, without hesitation: "MIT."
Wednesday night onMSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes, Mohamed -- wearing his signature NASA T-shirt -- had the chance to talk with a special guest: MIT astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.
"You are my ideal student. A creative, independent thinker like you is the kind of person who should be becoming a physicist," she told the freshman. "If there’s any possibility that you can come visit us at MIT, I’d love to give you a tour of the center for theoretical physics."
The invites just keep pouring in from various tech giants, including Facebook, Twitter and Google. Motherboard reported thatDallas-area hackers have reached out to Mohamed. And then, there's the invite from President Obama. The teen was asked to attend “Astronomy Night” at the White House next month; his family says he’ll make the trip.