Need a chuckle? Read this!!!

[Bobbieo]

I haven't checked with Scopes or Snopes - whatever - to see if this is a fraud. Anyway, it made my day and I sure as hell needed something!

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 can read this - thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English - thank a veteran!

[Wonk]

1. Surprise! Snopes says false

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

[ret5hd]

3. looks like a "retired print media journalist"...

needs to polish her fact-checking skills.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Snopes says it's not true.

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

[Bobbieo]

4. This came from a RWer and that is why I ran it.

The point is they believe it!!!Knew I'd get a reaction from some of you know-it-alls. Gotcha ret5hd!!!!

[KansDem]

5. This looks like right-wing bullshit...

The "If you are reading it in English - thank a veteran!" line gives it away.

[Bobbieo]

6. The 'veteran line' does give it away

That's why I ran it to see how sharp you people really are.

[cmd]

7. This has been passed around teachers' lounges for years

It's the first time I've seen it attributed to a particular school. The last two sentences are recent add-ons.

[Bobbieo]

8. TheLast line - If you are reading this in English

Thank a veteran - There is some truth in this and it has nothing to do with Iraq. I'm thinging WW2 and the thanks that go to the Soviet Union which at the time really saved America's and Europe's ass.