Bel Kaufman
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Sunday, June 14, 2026 (part of June 2026)
category: 
Education
clue: This lifelong educator defied expectations: Her hit novel was about the difficulties of being an English teacher and not about getting lost in a confusing school layout, and she kept teaching past her 100th birthday because she found it humorous and not because she couldn't afford to retire.
explanation: Kaufman was best known for the novel Up the Down Staircase. On her 100th birthday, she was teaching a course on Jewish humor at Hunter College. more…
intended difficulty: hard
do-over: This was a "do-over" goo, inspired by incorrect guesses for a previous goo.
solved by: Russ Wilhelm and Richard Slominsky
trivia: This goo was inspired by incorrect guesses for the goo of Navessa Allen.
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