The Week contest: Kid sign - April 8, 2011
A Florida woman made her son stand on a street corner wearing the sign, "Honk if I need an education." Assuming this kind of parenting catches on, what other sign might kids start wearing?
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Results: After a Florida woman made her studying-averse son stand on a street corner wearing the sign, "Honk if I need an education," we asked you to predict what other sign frustrated parents might require kids to wear.
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The Winner: Any questions? Teenager has all the answers.
Dave Hall, Pittsfield, MA
Second place: I have to wear this dum sine till I pass my speling test
Miles Klein, Frisco, TX
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Third place: Honk if you could do better. Signed – The Parents
Jack Mortimer, Clearwater, FL
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Tiger moms are best.
Tiger moms are best.
Tiger moms are best.
Tiger moms are best.
John Besnard, Irvine, CA
Honk if you want to see my boxers from the back
T.M. Flynn, Lyndon Center, VT
My brother is an honor student
Rick Wagner, Reading, PA
If the British had won at Saratoga, I’d be speaking English today
Kevin Sheehan, Averill Park, NY
Honk LOUD! My earbuds are in.
P. Cornelius, Williamsburg, VA
Will Study for Skittles
Thomas Schumacher, Minneapolis, MN
I may need a ride to military school
Willem Hartong, Brooklyn
Honk if you think we might get our own reality show out of this
Jo Choto, Middletown, MD
Honk if you think kale sucks!
Jason Blum, Monmouth Junction, NJ
Honk if I should get dessert after hardly eating any dinner
Ashley Ryan, Catonsville, MD
Honk if you have a dog that eats homework
Richard Alan Naggar, Riverside, CA
Honk if I should not watch Jersey Shore
Rich Condon, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Honk if you think I should wear my baseball cap straight
John Melnikov, Bridgeport, CT
Honk if you think my parents should pay attention instead of play with their iPad. (They don’t even know I am out here!)
Molly Pedersen, Newbury Park, CA
Honk if you know where my parents moved
Stephen H. Smith, Fredericksburg, VA
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