Post by CmonYouSpurs on Sept 6, 2007 7:52:52 GMT -1
This made me laugh ;D
> SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
>
>This is the message that apparently a Secondary School staff in the UK
>Midlands voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
>machine.
>
>
>This is the actual answering machine message for the school. It 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 now being threatened with legal action by some
>parents who want their children's failing marks changed to passing marks -
>even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the term and did
>not complete enough schoolwork to pass their various key stages.
>
>
> The outgoing message:
>
>
>
> "Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school.
> In order to assist you in connecting to the right member of staff, 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/her 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 letters posted to you - Press 5
> * If you want us to bring up 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 transport - Press 9
> * To complain about school lunches - Press 0
>
> LASTLY:
>
> 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 really wonderful day!
>
> If you want this in other languages, you must be in the wrong country.
>This is England."
> SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
>
>This is the message that apparently a Secondary School staff in the UK
>Midlands voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering
>machine.
>
>
>This is the actual answering machine message for the school. It 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 now being threatened with legal action by some
>parents who want their children's failing marks changed to passing marks -
>even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the term and did
>not complete enough schoolwork to pass their various key stages.
>
>
> The outgoing message:
>
>
>
> "Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school.
> In order to assist you in connecting to the right member of staff, 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/her 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 letters posted to you - Press 5
> * If you want us to bring up 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 transport - Press 9
> * To complain about school lunches - Press 0
>
> LASTLY:
>
> 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 really wonderful day!
>
> If you want this in other languages, you must be in the wrong country.
>This is England."
