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TEXT FIVE UP THE DOWN
STAIRCASE
By Bel Kaufman
(Fragment)
Bel Kaufman, an American writer. She worked as a teacher of the English language and literature in a New York high school for 15 years. "Up the Down Staircase" (1964) is her first prominent work. The book deals with the experiences of a
young high-school teacher.
Sept. 25
Dear Ellen,* -
It's FTG (Friday Thank God), which means I need not set the alarm
for 6:30 tomorrow morning; I can wash a blouse, think a thought, write
a letter.
Congratulations on the baby's new tooth. Soon there is bound to
be another tooth and another and another, and before you know it,
little Suzie will start going to school, and her troubles will just begin.
Though I hope that by the time she gets into the public high school
system, things will be different. At least, they keep promising that
things will be different. I'm told that since the recent strike threats,
negotiations with the United Federation of Teachers, and greater
public interest, we are enjoying "improved conditions". But in the
two weeks that I have been here, conditions seem greatly unimproved.
You ask what I am teaching. Hard to say. Professor Winters advised teaching "not the subject but the whole child". The English
Syllabus urges "individualization and enrichment" — which means
giving individual attention to each student to bring out the best in
him and enlarge his scope beyond the prescribed work. Bester says
"to motivate and distribute" books — that is, to get students ready
and eager to read. All this is easier said
еnan done. In fact, all this is
plain impossible.
Many of our kids — though physically mature — can't read beyond 4th and 5th grade level. Their background consists of the sim
* Ellen and Sylvia Barrett had been at college together.
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