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Up the Down Staircase 8185407 “It is not an exaggerationAuthor Contributor(s): Kaufman, Bel Publisher: Vintage Date: 4 30 2019 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Sylvia Barrett arrives at New York Citys Calvin Coolidge High fresh from earning literature degrees at Hunter College and eager to shape young minds. Instead she encounters broken windows, a lack of supplies, a stifling bureaucracy, and students with no interest in Chaucer. Her bumpy yet ultimately rewarding journey is narrated through an