an interesting, but real, phone message

[Guest guest]

Thought you might find this interesting.

 

SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE

 

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 can read this - thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English - thank a veteran!

(Text PAMHO:12283900) -----

 

------- End of Forwarded Message ------

[Guest guest]

On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:23 -0400, Ananda Vrindavanesvari (dd) RNS (Vrndavan

Gurukul - IN) <Ananda.Vrindavanesvari.RNS (AT) pamho (DOT) net > wrote:

>

> Thought you might find this interesting.

>

> SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE

>

> This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School ( California )

> staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering

> machine. etc.

 

 

This is fun for teachers to laugh about, but it's really not the actual

message at that, or any, school. I checked it out a snopes.com, the source

for the truth or falsity of urban legends.

 

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/palisades.htm

 

Yours in service,

Babhru das