No Parent left behind/notes from home

[artist4perry]

These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis school district.
Spellings have been left intact.

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had diahre dyrea direathethe shoots.

12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.

19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids

[Saint John]

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

I thought you said Memphis? This sounds more like Kentucky.

[artist4perry]

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

I thought you said Memphis? This sounds more like Kentucky.

Memphis schools are a mess..........

[artist4perry]

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.


GI, have you been to Memphis lately?

[Michigan Girl]

I'd guess notes forged by students!!!

[artist4perry]

I'd guess notes forged by students!!!

Trust me, parents write this stuff! You would be amazed! Even if some are forged, it is a cry for help of our school systems! LOL!

[stevew2]

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

I thought you said Memphis? This sounds more like Kentucky.

Or west Viginia

[mmberry301]

Well since I was born and raised there..I can comment.

This sounds about right...the education system as well as government here is a joke.

The divide been the haves and have nots is evergrowing.

I hate that the city I love has become a 1st class 2nd class town.

(Mark jumping off of his soapbox now)

Yes it was funny............but sad

[stevew2]

These are real notes written by parents in the Memphis school district.
Spellings have been left intact.

1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today. Please execute him.

2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent she was sick and i had her shot.

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

4. Please excuse gloria from jim today. She is administrating.

5. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.

6. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.

7. Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part.

8. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.

9. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.

10. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.

11. Please excuse Lesli from being absent yesterday. She had diahre dyrea direathethe shoots.

12. Please excuse tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea, and his boots leak.

13. Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

14. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

15. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because i don't know what size she wear.

16. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.

17. Sally won't be in school a week from friday. We have to attend her funeral.

18. My daughter was absent yesterday because she was tired. She spent a weekend with the marines.

19. Please excuse Jason for being absent yesterday. He had a cold and could not breed well.

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

21. Gloria was absent yesterday as she was having a gangover.

22. Please excuse brenda. She has been sick and under the doctor.

23. Maryann was absent december 11-16, because she had a fever, sorethroat, headache and upset stomach. Her sister was also sick, fever an sore throat, her brother had a low grade fever and ached all over. I wasn't the best either, sore throat and fever. There must be something going around, her father even got hot last night.

Now we know why parents are screaming for better education for our kids

I dont see a problem here

[Jubilee]

Obviously proud graduates of the SteveW2 school of writing and composition.

What's the point of better education when the kids are coming home to this? One step forward, two steps back.

[bluejeangirl76]

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

This one may have happened in 1989... what year would that have been? ( Rhi knows...)

[DrFU]

Sorry to be Debbie Downer, but .... urban legend ... seen this list a zillion times attributed to school districts all over the country.

Not that parents (and kids) don't say and write completely bizarre things on a regular basis ...

[Shadowsong]

Extremely funny then again no laughing matter!
I can see validity in many of them but I feel that they are contrived for the sake of humor.
When I was in 8th grade I tested as a 12th grade reader in top 10 percent of the country.

Does that mean I am a genius...more likely it just means that everyone else is not performing close to their full potential.
I went to a catholic elementary school so luckily I got an education.
Then I went to public high school where I came to face the multitudes who cared little about their education.
Lucky I took honors or advanced placement courses designed for those who wanted to go to college so I rarely had to interact with the crowd who would give creedance to the decline in test scores & delighted in trying to keep the class down with their antics of misbehavior.

It's not at all funny.
Education is a privilege that so many students take for granted. It costs are system billions of dollars & waste is not a joke.
If students think they are mocking the school system by their behavior they will eventually come to a rude awakening that they didn't hurt anyone but themselves.

[Rhiannon]

3. Dear school: please ecsc's john being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and also 33.

This one may have happened in 1989... what year would that have been? ( Rhi knows...)

Depends on how open it is late.

[Michigan Girl]

I dont see a problem here

This is funny!!! :wink:

[walkslikealady]

I kind of cringe at the misspelling.

As for testing, etc., I tested in the upper 2% of the country in the SAT verbal scores the year I took the test. Does it mean I can write? No...it means I can read, spell, and comprehend. It got me some scholarships; however, I still dropped out.

[Arkansas]

What? No racist accusations? Funny how we can write diction comments on Journey's latest singer and get blasted, but write comments about American-perceived diction, and it's okay.

Who are we?


later~

[Gideon]

20. Please excuse mary for being absent yesterday. She was in bed with gramps.

I thought you said Memphis? This sounds more like Kentucky.

Part of me wants to respond with a nice "FUCK YOU SJ! "

The other half of me remembers that the whole of me was born in Pennsylvania, not Kentucky. A proud state that served under the union in its firm asskicking of the renegade Confederacy; opponents to both slavery, ignorance, and incest.

So I'll leave the uproar for Daniel.

Btw, A4P, my father is terrible at English. Doesn't surprise me.

[Shadowsong]

I kind of cringe at the misspelling.

As for testing, etc., I tested in the upper 2% of the country in the SAT verbal scores the year I took the test. Does it mean I can write? No...it means I can read, spell, and comprehend. It got me some scholarships; however, I still dropped out.

Maybe it was the top 1% but whose braggin.
My fathers IQ is over 140
I was there when the teachers told my parents my brother was a genius when he was about 10 years old.
Darn, I wanted to be a genius.
I don't know if he even knows but we all were blessed with a high sense of mechanics

I'm just pissed my brother is a freakin evil genius & he wasted it away with a high school equivalency while I went to college.
His grades were so bad he only got into Thomas Edison HS because he was related to one of there best students my Uncle who graduated top in his class in computer science in 1968.
So what does my brother do
He plays hooky & rides the trains all day.
Guess that was a prereq for his future job as an electrical man in the NYC subway tunnels
LOL
Now he works for Rikers.
Intelligence can only get you so far

No fair, all that ever set me apart that I valued was intelligence...I should have discovered something beneficial to mankind but alas I am no Einstein.



Guess what I am am trying to say that we should do the best with what we have & intelligence & a good education is not a thing to waste

[walkslikealady]

Testing can be useless. I also had the lowest score in math 'cause I didn't even bother to do more than half a page on the math portion of the SAT. I was told my IQ was 132 and I'm a two-time college dropout.

Don't know his IQ, but I'm sure my brother is a genius and could belong to MENSA. He graduated with high honors as an electrical engineer...is that summa or magna (not sure of that spelling). Last I knew of this brother, he was a civilian employee of the Navy.

My other brother dropped out his senior year of high school, but he could fix any car or piece of machinery he wanted before he got ill. Dead now.

[Shadowsong]

Testing can be useless. I also had the lowest score in math 'cause I didn't even bother to do more than half a page on the math portion of the SAT. I was told my IQ was 132 and I'm a two-time college dropout.

Don't know his IQ, but I'm sure my brother is a genius and could belong to MENSA. He graduated with high honors as an electrical engineer...is that summa or magna (not sure of that spelling). Last I knew of this brother, he was a civilian employee of the Navy.

My other brother dropped out his senior year of high school, but he could fix any car or piece of machinery he wanted before he got ill. Dead now.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your brother,
My younger brother left at the age of 30 2 days after OJ did the dirty in 94.
Anyway, too young for a heart that really was so deeply filled with love.

[Blueskies]

Testing can be useless. I also had the lowest score in math 'cause I didn't even bother to do more than half a page on the math portion of the SAT. I was told my IQ was 132 and I'm a two-time college dropout.

Don't know his IQ, but I'm sure my brother is a genius and could belong to MENSA. He graduated with high honors as an electrical engineer...is that summa or magna (not sure of that spelling). Last I knew of this brother, he was a civilian employee of the Navy.

My other brother dropped out his senior year of high school, but he could fix any car or piece of machinery he wanted before he got ill. Dead now.

Sorry to hear of the loss of your brother,
My younger brother left at the age of 30 2 days after OJ did the dirty in 94.
Anyway, too young for a heart that really was so deeply filled with love.

Sorry about both of your brothers early passing. I can see they both live on in your hearts and minds, though and that you'll always carry them with you.