This week's question: Florida school officials are complaining that parents stressed out by at-home learning can be seen smoking weed, drinking beer, and walking around in undies in the background of their kids' Zoom classes. If Hollywood were to make a comedy about parenting disasters during remote schooling, what could it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "Smokin' in the Boys' Zoom"
Beth Cedarholm, River Falls, Wisconsin
SECOND PLACE: "Delete the Parents"
Robert Heimbichner, Alameda, California
THIRD PLACE: "Wish I Were Home Alone"
Deb Wiethop, St. Louis, Missouri
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The Young and The Vestless"
James Smith, Delancey, New York
"Scary Pop-ins"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"The Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Club"
Lorraine Slack, Littleton, Colorado
"Aghast Times at Ridgemont High"
Beth Simon, Oakland, California
"Stop Worrying and Love the Zoom-bomb"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Honey, I Flunked the Kids"
Kathy El-Assal, Middleton, Wisconsin
"Rather Not Meet the Parents"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"The Class Menagerie"
Dave Grossman, Petaluma, California
"Jockey Horror Picture Show"
Nancy DuBois, Decatur, Georgia
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