School answerphone

**Swoop** · 27th October 2006, 08:38

(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 behaviour, 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!

**placidfemme** · 27th October 2006, 09:13

lol fair enough!

**James Deuce** · 27th October 2006, 09:59

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

**Swoop** · 27th October 2006, 10:04

Doh!

But interesting at the same time. Not simply an internet "made up" joke but actually based on facts and prepared at that time, although unused in reality.

**James Deuce** · 27th October 2006, 10:08

Sorry swoop - I meant to post more but had to "boss button" the post

I thought, "what a cool bunch of teachers" when I read that.

**Swoop** · 27th October 2006, 21:25

Originally Posted by Jim2

Sorry swoop - I meant to post more but had to "boss button" the post

I thought, "what a cool bunch of teachers" when I read that.

No worries mate! I was scratching my head thinking "in America?"...

**Mr. Peanut** · 27th October 2006, 21:41

Most teachers are useless. They have it easy too.

**marty** · 27th October 2006, 21:45

as opposed to their students who know everything, and do it hard.....

**Mr. Peanut** · 27th October 2006, 22:07

They were all crap students once, why else would they be teachers?

**poorbastard** · 27th October 2006, 22:11

Originally Posted by MrPeanut

They were all crap students once, why else would they be teachers?

Well this is at least partly true. Some of the worst students (behaved) I went to school with are the only people I know who are training to be teachers. Part of me hopes they get back what they gave to those teachers even if I did find it amusing at thye time and may have been part of the problem myself.

**Macktheknife** · 4th November 2006, 13:05

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 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!

Brilliant stuff!