Up the down staircase / by Bel Kaufman. [print]

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Kaufman, Bel [Author]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

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9780060973612

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LOC classification:

PS3561.K21.U684 1991
PS3561

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Contents:

Part 1: -- 1: Hi, teach! -- 2: Let it be a challenge -- 3: From Miss Barrett's letterbox -- 4: Intra school communication -- 5: Gladly teche # 1.-- 6: No one down here -- 7: Gladly teche # 2 -- Part 2: -- 8: From the Calvin Coolidge Clarion -- 9: Those who can't -- 10: Faculty conference minutes -- 11: Pupil-load -- 12: Doze of English -- 13: Enrichment etc -- Part 3: -- 14: Persephone -- 15: From Miss Barrett's wastebasket -- 16: JJ's Lament -- 17: From the suggestion box -- 18: You still teaching -- 19: Greek underground -- Part 4: -- 20: Life situation -- 21: Bulletin board, room 304 -- 22: Probing question -- 23: Funny sides -- 24: From the right-hand drawer, room 304 -- Part 5: -- 25: Message to Garcia -- 26: Touch wounds -- 27: Clarification of status -- 28: From the suggestion box -- Part 6: -- 29: Road not taken -- 30: Author tries to say -- 31: Communication arts -- Part 7: -- 32: Over the time clock -- 33: Open school -- 34: You're the teacher -- 35: Please do not erase -- 36: Integration -- Part 8: -- 37: Neatly, in ink -- 38: Unfortunate incident -- 39: Debits and credits -- 40: From the suggestion box -- Part 9: -- 41: Do you plan to indulge in a turkey? -- 42: I'm not cheating, I'm left-handed -- 43: As far as marks -- 44: Lavatory escort -- 45: It has come to my attention -- 46: From the suggestion box -- Part 10: -- 47: My reading life -- 48: What did I miss? -- 49: Willowdale -- 50: Lighter side of education -- 51: Love me back! -- 52: Teacher for a day day -- Part 11: -- 53: Up the down staircase -- 54: Greetings on your illness -- 55: A for effort -- 56: Ballad -- 57: Dear sir or madam -- Part 12: -- 58: Hi, Pupe!.

Subject: Synopsis: Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prize-winning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose dash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents - anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Withdrawn	G. Allen Fleece Library WITHDRAWN	Fiction	PS3561.K384.U684 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1 Not for loan		31923001669700

Introduction -- Part 1: -- 1: Hi, teach! -- 2: Let it be a challenge -- 3: From Miss Barrett's letterbox -- 4: Intra school communication -- 5: Gladly teche # 1.-- 6: No one down here -- 7: Gladly teche # 2 -- Part 2: -- 8: From the Calvin Coolidge Clarion -- 9: Those who can't -- 10: Faculty conference minutes -- 11: Pupil-load -- 12: Doze of English -- 13: Enrichment etc -- Part 3: -- 14: Persephone -- 15: From Miss Barrett's wastebasket -- 16: JJ's Lament -- 17: From the suggestion box -- 18: You still teaching -- 19: Greek underground -- Part 4: -- 20: Life situation -- 21: Bulletin board, room 304 -- 22: Probing question -- 23: Funny sides -- 24: From the right-hand drawer, room 304 -- Part 5: -- 25: Message to Garcia -- 26: Touch wounds -- 27: Clarification of status -- 28: From the suggestion box -- Part 6: -- 29: Road not taken -- 30: Author tries to say -- 31: Communication arts -- Part 7: -- 32: Over the time clock -- 33: Open school -- 34: You're the teacher -- 35: Please do not erase -- 36: Integration -- Part 8: -- 37: Neatly, in ink -- 38: Unfortunate incident -- 39: Debits and credits -- 40: From the suggestion box -- Part 9: -- 41: Do you plan to indulge in a turkey? -- 42: I'm not cheating, I'm left-handed -- 43: As far as marks -- 44: Lavatory escort -- 45: It has come to my attention -- 46: From the suggestion box -- Part 10: -- 47: My reading life -- 48: What did I miss? -- 49: Willowdale -- 50: Lighter side of education -- 51: Love me back! -- 52: Teacher for a day day -- Part 11: -- 53: Up the down staircase -- 54: Greetings on your illness -- 55: A for effort -- 56: Ballad -- 57: Dear sir or madam -- Part 12: -- 58: Hi, Pupe!.

Synopsis: Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase is one of the best-loved novels of our time. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prize-winning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the United States; its very title has become part of the American idiom. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose dash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents - anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

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