(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
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 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
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."
