'Don't Let People Change Who You Are': 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed Who Got Arrested

At last, Ahmed Mohamed is tired out after the barrage of publicity that slammed him when he got arrested for an innocent invention of his---an alarm clock.

Early on Thursday afternoon, when he should have been in school, as a normal routine, he just went to sleep, even as the satellite television trucks prowled the street. Yet he remained in the back room of his family, according to theguardian.

Last Monday, he had become the symbol of several American issues---Islamophobia, technology, school violence - when he showed up at school with a homemade clock that his teachers thought was a bomb.

"In the days since he has become a a symbol and a civics lesson far more complex than anything in his ninth grade social studies class," according to theguardian.

He has been cautioning his peers about his efforts. "I built the clock to impress my teacher but when I showed it to her she thought it was a threat to her," said the Texas teenager.

The police dropped all charges against him, and he addressed a press conference after he was released. "So I guess everyone knows I am the person who built a clock and got in a trouble for it," he said. "It was really sad" that the teacher got the wrong impression and eventually he got arrested later that day for it.

He beamed another message: "I will try my best to not just help but to help every other kid in the entire world who has a problem like this," said Ahmed "Don't let people change who you are. Even if you get consequences for it, I'd suggest you still show it to people because you need to show them your talent."

Ahmed, now being hailed on social media as the student inventor, expressed his wish to go to MIT and TAMS for studies and also mentioned that he was thinking of transferring schools now.

In fact, he has got unexpected fame after a bout of infamy. He got a call from a Saudi prince, a tweet from President Obama, a posting from Mark Zuckerberg and invitations to Silicon Valley.

The social media has poured out an outrage, with the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed trending on Twitter and Facebook. Obama congratulated the 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed on his skills and issued a presidential invitation. "Cool clock, Ahmed. Want to bring it to the White House? We should inspire more kids like you to like science. It's what makes America great," the president tweeted.

Mark Zuckerberg added, ""Having the skill and ambition to build something cool should lead to applause, not arrest. The future belongs to people like Ahmed. Ahmed, if you ever want to come by Facebook, I'd love to meet you. Keep building." And he invited Ahmed to Facebook office.