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"True" School Voice Mail Greeting? This is the message the Maroochydore High School, Queensland, Australia, 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 school work to pass their classes. 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 homework: 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 has already been enclosed in your newsletter and several fliers that have been 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 or her own behaviour, class work, and 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 want this in another language, move to a country that speaks it. Thank you for your interest in public education. (To hear the message (MP3 file, 593K) right click to download.) * So, is it really "true"? Unlikely: I searched Google (why is it no one that sends "true" stories around bothers?!) and found it the exact same language attributing it to a number of schools, including "in the Worcester area", "Pacific Palisades (California) High School", "somewhere in the United States", and others. But the biggest clue? It says thanks for calling "your school" rather than state the specific school you've reached. Obviously, it's an urban legend. Funny, but fake. Have a nice day! Posted September 21, 2009 « Yet Another Fake Virus Warning | Home | Random | The Kentucky Duel » Category: School -- Prev: University Safety Committee | Next: I Have to Pass This Class! Category: Urban Legend -- Prev: UFO Landing Pad...? | Next: Unlikely Creatures from American Folklore
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Metković, - Nerijetko se u društvima, naročito starijih, povede razgovor o obrazovanju, školi danas, odnosu učenika prema nastavi i nastavnicima, ali i o tome kao roditelji sami svojoj djeci daju loš primjer štiteći ih zbog njihovih propusta ili nerada. Izgleda da se radi o planetarnoj pojavi, a dokaz nam stiže iz Australije. Nastavnici srednje škole Maroochydore iz Queenslanda odlučili su stvari postaviti ovako: za izostanke i nenapisane domaće zadaće odgovorni su učenici i njihovi roditelji. To su odlučili nakon što su roditelji protiv škole i nastavnika podnijeli tužbu prema kojoj zahtijevaju da njihova djeca prođu razred unatoč tome što su tijekom semestra izostala s nastave 15 – 30 puta te za prolaz nisu uspjela svladati dovoljno školskog gradiva. Slijedom toga nastavnici su na telefonskoj sekretarici snimili ovu poruku: Lijep pozdrav! Dobili ste automatsku telefonsku sekretaricu Vaše škole. Kako bismo Vas mogli spojiti s odgovarajućim djelatnikom, molimo Vas da pritisnete odgovarajući broj: • ako želite lagati o razlogu izostanka Vašeg djeteta - pritisnite 1; • ako želite objašnjavati zašto Vaše dijete nije napisalo domaću zadaću - pritisnite 2; • ako se želite požaliti na ono što radimo – pritisnite 3; • ako ste nazvali kako biste ispsovali nekog od djelatnika škole - pritisnite 4; • ako želite pitati zašto niste dobili obavijesti koje su već odavno poslane na Vaš mail - pritisnite 5; • ako želite da Vam mi odgojimo Vaše dijete - pritisnite 6; • ako želite nekoga dohvatiti, ošamariti ili udariti - pritisnite 7; • ako želite promijeniti nastavnika treći put ove godine - pritisnite 8; • ako se želite požaliti na autobusni prijevoz - pritisnite 9; • kako biste se požalili na školsku hranu - pritisnite 0. Ako ste sada svjesni da je ovo stvaran svijet i da Vaše dijete mora snositi odgovornost za svoje ponašanje, rad na nastavi i domaću zadaću i da nastavnik nije kriv za njegov nedostatak truda, molimo Vas da poklopite slušalicu. Želimo Vam ugodan dan. Ako ovo sve želite čuti na nekom drugom jeziku, preselite se u zemlju u kojoj se on govori. Hvala Vam na Vašem zanimanju za javno obrazovanje.