REDWHITEBLUE2
05-05-2007, 10:39 AM
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 tim es 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
your 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
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 tim es 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
your 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