South Dakota teachers scramble for dollar bills in ‘demeaning’ game
by Josh Taylor from US news | The Guardian on (#5SZS9)
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A competition pitting 10 teachers against each other to scramble for dollar bills to fund school supplies in a city in South Dakota has been described as demeaning" and drawn comparisons with the Netflix hit series Squid Game.
The local newspaper the Argus Leader reported $5,000 (3,770) in single dollar bills were laid out on the ice skating rink during the Sioux Falls Stampede hockey game on Saturday night, and the teachers from nearby schools competed to grab as many as possible in less than five minutes.
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