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RitcheyRch
04-02-2007, 07:05 AM
Receivedf this in an e-mail. Didnt check Snopes.com so dont know if is legit or not but still funny.
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!
* If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country."

cxr133
04-02-2007, 07:54 AM
doubtful if true.....
my son goes to Palisades High School!!!!
and we have never heard or listened to this message.