Absolutely ridiculous. Besides (probably - unless he becomes the President and can suck the country dry) never being able to pay that amount back it does nothing to teach him any principle. I found it more ridiculous that he received only 2 1/2 months of community service when he could have been sentenced to much more community service (when he was not in school). He could have perhaps planted trees in the area where he burnt them down so that his service actually meant something. Sorry to say he/she was an idiot judge.