Well, maybe he didn't phrase it right, but after a bit of head scratching and interpretation on my end, he didn't get the DSLR (which he didn't mind anyways as long as he could drop the class) and he can't drop the class that requires it, so obviously his mom got miffed and went to talk to the principle.

He's not really miffed he didn't get a DSLR, but unhappy at the fact his mother is gonna sound the admin and make his ass look bad and uncool.