I teach special education--primarily reading. 4 years ago, one of my little guys who in addition to having a reading problem ALSO had a behavior problem. He brings an Altoid box to school with a white powder in a baggie tucked inside. Also brought some extra baggies. He tells the others "psst, I got some coke, wanna buy?" So the deal goes down in the restroom with about 4 kids.
The guidance counselor happens to walk in at the right moment and sees a bag exchange hands--the whole group goes to the office. Turns out the kid had a mixture of powdered and regular sugar.
Of course, everyone is suspended, but the mother of this kid decides to fight the suspension on the basis that her son had a disability and couldn't read well. (Actually, he read pretty well when I gave him materials with about a 24-28 font hmmmmm)
So we are at a meeting and the mother makes this statement. "I believe that this is a result of D----'s reading disability." And I being the consumate smart ass say, "What? you have 2 canisters on your counter, one marked cocaine and one marked sugar and he grabbed the wrong one?"
My principal would have cheerfully killed me on the spot, but I didn't and still don't care. Her claim was ridiculous.
As an aftermath, I was asked to leave the meeting for my "unproductive" comment and his actions were found to not be a result of his disability.
My principal still hates me though.
I love you.
"What? you have 2 canisters on your counter, one marked cocaine and one marked sugar and he grabbed the wrong one?"
ROFLMAO! Wish I could have seen her face.
That is very funny. A similar thing happened with some kids at our school recently. The boys who deliberately packaged sugar and brought it to school in baggies in order to pass it off as "cocaine" and sell it to each other were caught. They were given in school suspension for a week or two. As soon as they returned to class, they had another participant who was not caught go around and threaten all the kids who could have snitched. They plan to shoot the snitch with a paintball gun. It makes me wonder if the principal should have given them a real suspension.