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Iwillnevergiveup

(9,298 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2014, 01:00 PM Jul 2014

RIP Bel Kaufman

Presentation at age 100. "Humor is a way of survival."

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RIP Bel Kaufman (Original Post) Iwillnevergiveup Jul 2014 OP

K, R and Bookmarked. That's a keeper. n/t Smarmie Doofus Jul 2014 #1

Geexe, I didn't even know she was still alive. malthaussen Jul 2014 #2

Smarmie Doofus

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1. K, R and Bookmarked. That's a keeper. n/t

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Sat Jul 26, 2014, 01:15 PM

Jul 2014

malthaussen

(17,186 posts)

2. Geexe, I didn't even know she was still alive.

Reply to Iwillnevergiveup (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2014, 01:19 PM

Jul 2014

I just re-read Up the Down Staircase for the umteenth time a couple of months ago. I think I was in second grade when it came out and I read it for the first time -- the woman seriously skewed my image of what school would be all about.

-- Mal

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