Up the Down Staircase and millions of other books are available for instant access. 31 quotes from Up the Down Staircase: ‘Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. We need more films that might be concerned, even remotely, with real experiences that might once have happened to real people. It is important to remember if you were going up or down the stairs. And we need more actresses like Sandy Dennis, who looks as if … She captures the fecklessness of bureaucracies, especially those damaged by a culture of powerlessness. Years ago in my high school Drama Club, we put on a production of Up the Down Staircase. 31 quotes from Up the Down Staircase: ‘Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. «Up the Down Staircase» The text under analysis is a fragment from the novel «Up the Down Staircase», written by Bel Kaufman, an outstanding American writer. Bel Kaufman’s Up the Down Staircase (1965) is the teachers’ and students’ Catch-22 (1961). Then two, then three and so on. ), Kaufman's central point that dysfunctional and badly led schools frustrate teachers and actively harm students couldn't be more relevant today. I was already teaching when it appeared, and more than being relavent to what I was doing, it brought back 'tender' memories of the day in my Allentown, Pennsylvania Catholic school, and a day when a freshmen had raced down the up staircase, bowling me over. Although aspects of Up the Down Staircase are dated (does anyone even use chalk anymore? Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - … So, it’s rather obvious that the novel comprises some autobiographical episodes. I'd love to read it again. Up the Down Staircase is a novel written by Bel Kaufman, published in 1964, which spent 64 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. Another explanation for the title comes from the meaning of the phrase “up the down staircase,” which implies rule-breaking and going against societal norms. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford, Eileen Heckart, and Jean Stapleton. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. If the puppy is large breed and you need an extra pair of hands, have one person at the top of the staircase encouraging the puppy to come up while you are on the step with the puppy making sure he is safe and won’t slide or fall down. I'd love to read it again. Place the puppy one step from the top and let him jump up. According to the evaluation model, setting up the stairs evacuation scene by changing the number of occupants in the stairs, the process of stairs evacuation is simulated, and the accuracy of simulation is verified by the experiment. “Up the Down Staircase,” Bel Kaufman’s classic 1965 novel about a New York City schoolteacher, remains the most enduring account we have of teachers’ lives. She also illuminates the best single antidote to the situational ethics that dominate dysfunctional education systems – the moral consciousness of children. There are many different ways to dream about stairs and each of these dreams will have a different meaning.