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We got this jerky sub. she don't know a thing and she's trying to teach it.
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If a teacher wants to know something why doesn't she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We benefit ourselves more by listening to her, after all she's the teacher!
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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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Born:
May 10, 1911
Died:
July 25, 2014
(aged 103)
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Bella "Bel" Kaufman was an American teacher and author, best known for writing the 1965 bestselling novel, Up the Down Staircase.
Known for:
Up the Down Staircase (1964)
Love, Etc. (1979)
La Tigresse: And Other Short Stories (2012)
Love, Etc.: A Novel (1979)
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