I hate the education system's "zero tolerance" stance on just about everything. The teachers complain about lazy students, but a zero tolerance policy is laziness in essence (nice example).
Owning up to your unintentional mistakes will usually teach yourself the lesson, you don't need an overly excessive punishment to do that for you.
[spoiler]Is it just me, or does anyone else feel that if the kid got caught drinking it (as opposed to turning it in), he would've gotten less of a punishment/the same punishment?[/spoiler]
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On school grounds, he'd probably get expelled.