Actual transcript

[talentedbutslow]

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 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!

[kash]

lol

i think we should have this at college.

[Busman747]

Way too many decisions for a chav parent, The first one:
"* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1" would be sufficient in most UK towns (note, I did NOT say Accrington! )

[LancYorkYankee]

Hey Tal, thanks for sharing. I copied and sent to family and friends. So glad to see a school system, especially in California, stand up to parents like that. I don't know where you get all your stuff. I find your threads very enjoyable!!

Brian

[talentedbutslow]

Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

Hey Tal, thanks for sharing. I don't know where you get all your stuff. I find your threads very enjoyable!!

Brian

Why thank you Brian..........

[sparhawk]

this be one of those urban myth things

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors...isadeshigh.htm

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

for more info

[LancYorkYankee]

Thanks for clarifying Sparhawk. I usually check TruthorFiction. I guess I was just hoping it had been done. Should have known especially being that it was a California school.

Brian

Tal - Keep em coming!

[steeljack]

LancYorkYankee.........Brian,............and your point about California skools...........at last count I think CAL Berkeley/Stanford had more Nobel winners that Harvard/Yale . LOL
John