02-26-2007, 05:45 PM
I thought this message forwarded from my sister (a teacher) fits in here pretty well....
(Yes it is false
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.htm
but the contents are not too far off from reality.)
SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
(This is hilarious - no wonder some people were offended!)
This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (California)
staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school.
This came about because they implemented a policy requiring Students and
parents to be responsible for their children's absences and missing
homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their
children's failing grades changed to passing grades - even though those
children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete
enough schoolwork to pass their classes.
The outgoing message:
_____________________________________________________________
"Hello you have reached the automated answering service of [X] school. In
order to assist you in connecting to the right staff member, please listen
to all the options before making a selection:
* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1
* To make excuses for why your child did not do his work- Press 2
* To complain about what we do - Press 3
* To swear at staff members - Press 4
* To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your
newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5
* If you want us to raise your child - Press 6
* If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone -Press 7
* To request another teacher, for the third time this year -Press 8
* To complain about bus transportation - Press 9
* To complain about school lunches - Press 0
* If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable
and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that
it's not the teachers' fault for your child's lack of effort: Hang up and
have a nice day!
* If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.
(Yes it is false
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.htm
but the contents are not too far off from reality.)
SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
(This is hilarious - no wonder some people were offended!)
This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School (California)
staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
machine. This is the actual answering machine message for the school.
This came about because they implemented a policy requiring Students and
parents to be responsible for their children's absences and missing
homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their
children's failing grades changed to passing grades - even though those
children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete
enough schoolwork to pass their classes.
The outgoing message:
_____________________________________________________________
"Hello you have reached the automated answering service of [X] school. In
order to assist you in connecting to the right staff member, please listen
to all the options before making a selection:
* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1
* To make excuses for why your child did not do his work- Press 2
* To complain about what we do - Press 3
* To swear at staff members - Press 4
* To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your
newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5
* If you want us to raise your child - Press 6
* If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone -Press 7
* To request another teacher, for the third time this year -Press 8
* To complain about bus transportation - Press 9
* To complain about school lunches - Press 0
* If you realize this is the real world and your child must be accountable
and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that
it's not the teachers' fault for your child's lack of effort: Hang up and
have a nice day!
* If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.