SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
- This
is the message that a high school in California voted unanimously
to record on their school telephone answering machine. This came about
because
they
implemented
a policy
requiring
students and parents to be responsible for their children's
absences and missing homework.
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- This is the actual answering machine message
for the school:
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- " Hello! You have reached the automated answering
service of your school. In order to assist you in connecting the right
staff member, please listen to all your options before making a selection:
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- " To lie about why your child is absent - Press
1
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- " To make excuses for why your child did not
do his work- Press 2
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- " To complain about what we do - Press 3
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- " To swear at staff members - Press 4
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- " To ask why you didn't get information that
was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to
you - Press 5
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- " If you want us to raise your child - Press
6
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- " If you want to reach out and touch, slap or
hit someone - Press 7
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- " To request another teacher for the third time
this year- Press 8
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- " To complain about bus transportation - Press
9
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- " To complain about school lunches - Press 0
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- " 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!"
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