Teachers. On their hands and knees. Gathering 1 dollar bills for the amusement of a crowd.

[demmiblue]

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[Poiuyt]

1. This reminds me of the movie, "The Blue Angel"

where a respected professor is transformed into a clown when he falls for a cabaret singer.

.webp

[Pantagruel]

2. That's how we treat our teachers?

We will deserve our grim future.

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Couldn't they just hand them a big check?

Rude.

[Turbineguy]

4. Like The Magic Christian,

only it doesn't smell as bad.

[Cracklin Charlie]

5. Is Annie Todd the organizer of this degrading spectacle?

This seems to have been in South Dakota, a state that was recently outed as a haven for money laundering dollars.

I think I’m getting real angry about this.

[sl8]

7. She's a reporter. Times Argus story on "event":

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/12/11/dash-cash-stampede-hockey-teachers-sioux-falls/6448189001/

[xmas74]

13. She's a reporter

According to her profile

[OrlandoDem2]

6. This is not a heartwarming story. I'm a teacher and I find this humiliating.

Another reason to avoid the profession like the friggin plague!!

[GPV]

14. But it is. We have a shortage now, and fewer people are

choosing to enter the profession.

[OrlandoDem2]

20. Teachers are disparaged by politicians and parents alike. They are blamed for

a kid’s failure. Tests are given not to judge students but to judge teachers.

Politicians call for privatization of public education as if that’ll fix everything by. Schools are starved for cash. So teachers are starved for cash. Teachers are micromanaged on an hourly basis. It’s never ending. There’s not enough of us so we do the work of 2 or 3 people.

And the word “shouldn't” is doing a lot of work in your post. I cannot in good conscience tell a young person to go into education.

[OrlandoDem2]

23. None of that pays bills. And my summers are not "off"

[Tanuki]

8. Reminds me of the Ralph Ellison short story "Battle Royal "

[sl8]

10. Sponsored by CU Mortgage Direct:

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/12/11/dash-cash-stampede-hockey-teachers-sioux-falls/6448189001/

[...]

"With everything that has gone on for the last couple of years with teachers and everything, we thought it was an awesome group thing to do for the teachers," Ryan Knudson, Director of Business Development and Marketing for CU Mortgage Direct, said. "The teachers in this area, and any teacher, they deserve whatever the heck they get."

[...]

[Demovictory9]

12. Wow

[sl8]

16. 1st Annual!

https://www.sfstampede.com/dashforcash

CONTACT US

1111 N. Lake Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57104

[phone]

[e-mail]

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Are you entertained?

: How degrading, all for the entertainment of the crowd. Some PR director should be fired.

[kimbutgar]

18. How degrading for a teacher

I am horrified by this video.

[pidge]

19. Looks like they are having fun.

[LiberatedUSA]

22. This is as degrading as amusement over...

…Black Friday videos.

[Roxi]

25. Mortgage company gets a write-off for charity

Teachers get humiliated for cash for their classrooms.

Great publicity! /sarcasm

Why couldn’t the company just donate the money directly to the teachers?

[FelineOverlord]

26. Some background and some responses

Some links:

Lawmakers told hiring teachers in South Dakota 'very difficult' due to low pay

https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/lawmakers-told-hiring-teachers-in-south-dakota-very-difficult-due-to-low-pay/article_fcab441b-8d62-560b-9f4b-d3e429ce2d69.html

Despite sales tax hike, average teacher pay in South Dakota returns to near bottom in nation

https://www.keloland.com/news/education/despite-sales-tax-hike-average-teacher-pay-in-south-dakota-returns-to-near-bottom-in-nation/


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[MagickMuffin]

27. Looks as though the PR people need some reflecting on appearances

Doing this technique looks bad on all merits.

Yet if they would have provided one of this novelty checks and had the news there to showcase their commitment to helping teachers and students that would have had a more positive impact. Instead they showed a lack of humanity and turned this into a sideshow for the circus fair.

[Initech]

28. I think I speak for everyone here when I say:

This is equal parts insane, infuriating, and embarrassing!