For everyone on here who is still at school, works in a school and for the parents of pupils?

School Answering Machine

This is the message that apparently a Secondary School staff in the Midlands voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine.
This is the actual answering machine message for the school. 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 childrens' 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.

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 behaviour, 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."

Thank you

This, although funny, does not really address the problem.

True parents must play a more positive role in their children's education, however, there is a legitimate reason why we pay people to teach.
Teachers across the country are demanding more and more, from increased salaries, perks , protection, union benefits etc.

However, how many of them actually put in the necessary effort to teach or educate? Instead of always whining, they should also realise, that there are several benefits that they enjoy, in comparison to their contemporaries, in other vocations.

Teachers are paid to teach, period. They cannot always push the blame to parents, when their students aren't performing. It is their job to educate these children, to encourage them, to highlight their weaknesses, to discipline them (within the framework of school rules) and most of all, to be a role model.

If teachers throughout the British Isles do this, the minimum standard that every teacher should perform, half the battle is won. It is only then, when their students fail, can they fault the parents.

Parents have a role to play, but the onus remains on teachers to fulfill their part of the job.

i'm applauding you........wishing i was 15 & you were my teach......Teach lol

COULDNT READ THE WHOLE THING IT'S LIKE HOMEWORK

SO I'M A BAD STUDENT- WHAT R U GONNA DO ABOUT IT?

LOOOOL nice!