School Answering Machine

[dipsydoodle]

[maddezmom]

1. LOL

Very funny! My dad sent this to a while ago but worth a listen again.

[aikoaiko]

2. That made me smile.

[SoCalDem]

3. Brutal and to the point

would never fly here though

[HappyMe]

4. lol! Well done, Australia.

They make a damn good point that applies here as well.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Wow, that's nasty.

I get that there are people who call for reasons that are not legitimate, but to automatically assume the nobody calls for a valid reason is just going to alienate parents.

[HappyMe]

7. I'm pretty sure that they did

this message based on the majority of the calls they get.

I was on the Local School Council when my sons were in the 1st grade in Chicago. Believe me, nothing is ever the parent's and the little darling's fault.

[surrealAmerican]

9. The trick is not to alienate the minority for whom that is not the case.

If I were calling the school to volunteer to supervise a field trip or something, I would not want to hear this message.

[HappyMe]

10. They may not have left it on very long.

I signed up for field trip duty when I signed the permission slips.

[PatSeg]

13. As a parent, I have to agree with you

Though I found the message clever and amusing, if I called a school regarding my children (now grown), I probably would have been offended. Making parents the enemy is just as bad as making teachers the enemy. Developing positive relationships between parents and school staff should be the goal, not accusing each other of failure and negligence.

[AnneD]

16. BINGO....

[treestar]

6. LOL

That may be a joke. If it's real, I will love it if they don't get fired for hit (which would happen in the US pronto)

[sharp_stick]

8. It's funny but a hoax

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

[PatSeg]

14. Cool, as a hoax, I love it

[MH1]

11. It may be a hoax but they could've at least attempted to get the spelling right.

Or is "messege" how they spell it down under? (not to mention several others I noticed)


As a joke it's pretty funny, but I agree with others, that would be pretty lousy for a real message.

[RC]

12. That is good. LOL

[AnneD]

15. Middle School....

Eleven days left in the year. That message seems closer to reality than you think.