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SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE 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 school work 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 fliers 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, move to a country that speaks it!


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Ericjhach read my blog view my photos
Aug 10, 2008 | 7:41 AM

That is great. Maybe some of the parents will open their eyes and see the problem is not the school but the lazy kids.

Hawkeye read my blog
Aug 10, 2008 | 4:53 PM

I LOVE IT!!!!!

Great one OV......

Captain_Jim read my blog view my photos
Aug 11, 2008 | 7:56 AM

LOL, funny as hell but everyone involved should be fired. Most of these government schools are just as horrible, or worse, than the parents when it comes to thinking they never do anything wrong.

Schools need to keep having their funding cut until they stop being so top heavy. Go downtown to the OCPS office and you could cut 70% of the administration in the building without hurting student education. The place is stacked with over paid under qualified minority based jobs. They are eating our tax dollars before they ever come close to reaching our children. Fire them all, but start with whoever was involved in this childish phone message.

DeborahLakeHelen read my blog view my photos
Aug 11, 2008 | 8:01 AM

LMLAO!!!!! If only.... That would truly wake up and shake up those parents who expect schools to raise their kids! Good one, Old Vamp!

rexsmom read my blog view my photos
Aug 11, 2008 | 12:02 PM

LMAO!!! That is good!

tracylaud83 read my blog view my photos
Aug 11, 2008 | 3:48 PM

Sad thing is, The parents would probibaly win any action.
LMAO(g)

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oldvamp

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Member Since: 8/25/2006