Up the Down Staircase
Drama
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Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.
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high school
new york city
based on novel or book
suicide attempt
teacher
teacher student relationship
high school teacher
schoolteacher
english teacher
bad students
student threatens teacher
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