![]() ![]() ![]() She thinks she's Freud, but actually, she's Peeping Tom. That's the "Pupil Personality Profile", invented by Ella Friedenberg, Guidance Counselor. In the PRC is the PPP (It almost sings, doesn't it?). PRC is the Permanent Record Card in it you will find the CC, or "Capsule Characterization" - a pregnant phrase composed about each student at the end of each term by his homeroom teacher. 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. 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. Never before has a novel so compellingly laid bare the inner workings of a metropolitan high school. ![]()
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