Articles flew in around the 12th of April about an 11 year old autistic boy who was charged with disorderly conduct at school......for kicking a trashcan.
Yep, kicking a trashcan.
Know what? The kids at my school did MUCH WORSE things than to kick a freak'n trash can, and they weren't even on the spectrum. Know what their punishment was?
Nothing.
In middle school, one kid was suspended for a rather nasty prank on a teacher (which, by all rights, should have been an expulsion)...and let me tell you, it was far more severe than just "kicking a trashcan".
Yet, all this kid got was a suspension. No police officers came and handcuffed the