This is the actual answering machine message for the school at Midlands, England.
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. Here is 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 behavior, 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, now p*ss off! Note: hope this will not be implemented in our children's school p/s: If you have been planning to develop a new System, or you have been considering upgrade your existing System, I want the opportunity to help you. Service I offer... 1. Upgrading an old system 2. Fixing existing system 3. Develop a new system 4. Help on student project View my profile: http://www.21stcenturymuslim.com/RaffiqEddyFreelancer.pdf www.facebook.com/reffsp ------------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JIMedia: Memurnikan Tanggapan Umum Melalui Penyebaran Ilmu dan Maklumat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nota: Kandungan mel ini tidak menggambarkan pendirian rasmi Pertubuhan Jamaah Islah Malaysia (JIM) melainkan yang dinyatakan sedemikian. Sila ke "JIM E-Bazaar" untuk membeli belah, membayar yuran program dan menyumbang untuk dakwah, di http://www.jim.org.my/e-bazaar/ Untuk melanggan Islah-Net, hantar e-mail ke [email protected] Untuk menghentikan langganan, hantar e-mail ke [email protected]! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islah-net/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islah-net/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
