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WNYC: Radio
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Identifier:
MUNI-OSPC-1966-03-23-70710.1 T1975 Bel Kaufman
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MUNI-OSPC-1966-03-23-70710.1 T1975 Bel Kaufman
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Catalog Number:
T1975
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T1975
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Title:
Bel Kaufman
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Bel Kaufman
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Series Title:
Overseas Press Club
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Overseas Press Club
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Description:
Author of "Up the Down Staircase," Bel begins her talk by mentioning that her first work published was a poem she wrote at age 7. She speaks about how she became a teacher and the hiring process she went through to gain a position in the New York school system. She talks about flunking her teaching license exam and the lengths she went to pass it. ~ She discusses characters from her book, and how they relate to her career. She also speaks of the broad variety of schools she taught in, the many types of students she has taught and types of teachers she has worked with. Kaufman also speaks of difficulties of the administration and the complications of a bureaucratic system. ~ Kaufman mentions the many letters she has received since the publication of her book - both from fellow teachers and students. ~ She also laments the current state of education, which she sees as a "capsule culture, pre-digested" which lacks free thinking and in which the joy of learning has been forgotten. ~ No question and answer section follows.
description
Author of "Up the Down Staircase," Bel begins her talk by mentioning that her first work published was a poem she wrote at age 7. She speaks about how she became a teacher and the hiring process she went through to gain a position in the New York school system. She talks about flunking her teaching license exam and the lengths she went to pass it. ~ She discusses characters from her book, and how they relate to her career. She also speaks of the broad variety of schools she taught in, the many types of students she has taught and types of teachers she has worked with. Kaufman also speaks of difficulties of the administration and the complications of a bureaucratic system. ~ Kaufman mentions the many letters she has received since the publication of her book - both from fellow teachers and students. ~ She also laments the current state of education, which she sees as a "capsule culture, pre-digested" which lacks free thinking and in which the joy of learning has been forgotten. ~ No question and answer section follows.
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Date:
3/23/1966
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3/23/1966
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Creator:
WNYC Radio
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WNYC Radio
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Credit:
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Subject:
Literature.
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Literature.
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Subject:
Books and reading.
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Books and reading.
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Subject:
Arts.
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Arts.
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Subject:
Education.
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Education.
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Subject:
Group identity.
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Group identity.
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Type:
Sound
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Sound
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Format:
acetate reel
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acetate reel
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Language:
English
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English
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