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It must be one hell of a clock if a teacher actually told the student to hide it from plain sight!

EDIT: A picture of the actual device is here.

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/local/dallas-county/2015/09/1... https://archive.is/Q0OLb

This article is the only one to show that the kid did anything wrong. That was plug it in during English class, The appropriate response is to have it taken away for the rest of the day, and possibly a detention if it was really loud enough to disrupt class.

That is not a picture of the actual device. That's an example of something else he had laying around. Here's what he actually brought to school:

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/10BF6/production/...

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