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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:18 PM Original message |
Schools chief apologizes for 'joke' that backfired |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. this persson has no business being around children |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. "Hates kids"? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Oh please. The audio was funny. Everything on it was based on facts. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. Funny Stuff |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. levity? This is supposed to be funny? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. actually, i can see the truth (funny) in all of it. not offended. the last one i would hold out |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I would be horribly offended if ... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. you would be horrified? i can see a trend in each comment in our schools today |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You wouldn't be offended if you called to report your kid had meningitis ... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. no, i would not be offended cause my kids had meningitis and i am not lying and not talking to me. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. the joke was npt a real recording |
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Fastcars (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. The last line is over the top, but.... |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. it wasn't *really* the school's answering machine. It was a joke at a staff meeting |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Sounds like it was a presentation |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yep. There is some humor here... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. the problem is (and i am not suggesting any school do this) that parents |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't find it offensive--interesting to hear from the school's point of view. nt |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. This was NOT on the school's voice mail system... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. interesting facts. for teachers and another country. AND they seem to have same |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. One poster who purports to be a teacher seems to think it was totally appropriate |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. reading comprehension is our friend. if speaking of me, please show me where i say |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I interpreted your line that |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. are there little snarky comments in judgment all thru your post? again without any knowledge |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Oh, my my. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. no, there was no snark in my post. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I think anyone who deals with screaming kids |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Someone will call you on having only two choices, maybe suggest yoga. |
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Milspec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Well I thought is was funny |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. I think it's funny and could care less if others found it offensive |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. ¿Tu piensas realmente que el racismo es divertido, y no te importa que es ofensivo? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. si. wink. lol. nt |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. I agree... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. except for the last one, pretty funny stuff. nt |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. Pretty funny, the parents are overreacting |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. he doesn't hate kids--just people who speak scary other languages |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I think it's funny, but there's definitely an insider's humor that should not be shared with the |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. Highly inappropriate but the message is on point! lol! n/t |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO OPENLY ADMIT TO having the school raise their kids, they cant handle them at all |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. i listen to people on du routinely insist on it. i have told kids day one putting them in the |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 07:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. my niece was told to attend parenting classes and dietitian with her husband or a warrant would be |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. wow,. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. our country is falling apart... just like the GOP wants it too... Hmmmm... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 08:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. ya, well.... i am seeing it from the extreme of both sides. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-13-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
37. I think it's hilarious, and true. Except for that last part. |
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