Big 3 Schools and Celebrities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I give up. I can't care anymore about the original question. You've succeeded in muddying the waters so much with side-show BS about who you personally want to categorize as a celebrity versus notable person versus person of note versus power player. If we continue, we'll just have another 8 pages of bickering over who belongs in which category. Congratulations on your efforts.

I am sorry that you want, or can only process, simple answers. Perhaps you should move to a different town, someplace where the typical Washingtonian's spirited back-and-forth discussion, and sharing of ideas, opinions, and nuances, is not commonplace, and where you will therefore not tax your intellect too much.

I really hope you're not one of the posters on the Relationship forum, often complaining about DH tuning you out or being checked out of the marriage.

Yes, I am sure you would want that. No, unfortunately for you, I am not. Think of those parents at your child's school whom you admire and respect, I am one of those parents -- in part because I do not fall into your trap of, either, undue worship of, or unseemly envy of, the DC notables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I give up. I can't care anymore about the original question. You've succeeded in muddying the waters so much with side-show BS about who you personally want to categorize as a celebrity versus notable person versus person of note versus power player. If we continue, we'll just have another 8 pages of bickering over who belongs in which category. Congratulations on your efforts.

I am sorry that you want, or can only process, simple answers. Perhaps you should move to a different town, someplace where the typical Washingtonian's spirited back-and-forth discussion, and sharing of ideas, opinions, and nuances, is not commonplace, and where you will therefore not tax your intellect too much.

I really hope you're not one of the posters on the Relationship forum, often complaining about DH tuning you out or being checked out of the marriage.

Yes, I am sure you would want that. No, unfortunately for you, I am not. Think of those parents at your child's school whom you admire and respect, I am one of those parents -- in part because I do not fall into your trap of, either, undue worship of, or unseemly envy of, the DC notables.

Huh? For what it's worth, we're transferring from a school overseas to another international school and not at all interested in Big 3s. I just have common sense and value it in others, so I would probably tune you out in person.

PP, you were right. I give up too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's GDS?

Stands for Greedy Developer School.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's GDS?

Stands for Greedy Developer School.

As Taylor Swift says, Haters going to hate hate hate so I am just gonna shake it off. My kids don't go to GDS but I think the bashing is too much. I think only Sidwell and NCS/Albans people have standing to contest GDS' stature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh god there you go again. New money yapping back and forth like a bunch of hyenas in the night. We live in a nondescript row home and refuse to get trapped in that La Brea Tar Pit life that revolves around the Club and your stupid journeys to Peru. We have our house in Maine far away from the arrivistas. Daddy left us tons of stocks, easy stuff like JNJ and PG and we really don't have to leave the house. So go ahead chuckle heads spend it all. Poverty Sucks and god knows you'll be back in it soon. We get together with Trey and his wife Taphy once a month or so kill a bottle of gin and maybe some Lafite
and just enjoy the beautiful things like espadrilles on men and Bean Shoes. We have our old ones from the 70s with the small lettering. So head on down to Vineyard Vines and pretend.

I'm not sure if this is intended as a joke, but it is highly amusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh god there you go again. New money yapping back and forth like a bunch of hyenas in the night. We live in a nondescript row home and refuse to get trapped in that La Brea Tar Pit life that revolves around the Club and your stupid journeys to Peru. We have our house in Maine far away from the arrivistas. Daddy left us tons of stocks, easy stuff like JNJ and PG and we really don't have to leave the house. So go ahead chuckle heads spend it all. Poverty Sucks and god knows you'll be back in it soon. We get together with Trey and his wife Taphy once a month or so kill a bottle of gin and maybe some Lafite
and just enjoy the beautiful things like espadrilles on men and Bean Shoes. We have our old ones from the 70s with the small lettering. So head on down to Vineyard Vines and pretend.

I'm not sure if this is intended as a joke, but it is highly amusing.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh god there you go again. New money yapping back and forth like a bunch of hyenas in the night. We live in a nondescript row home and refuse to get trapped in that La Brea Tar Pit life that revolves around the Club and your stupid journeys to Peru. We have our house in Maine far away from the arrivistas. Daddy left us tons of stocks, easy stuff like JNJ and PG and we really don't have to leave the house. So go ahead chuckle heads spend it all. Poverty Sucks and god knows you'll be back in it soon. We get together with Trey and his wife Taphy once a month or so kill a bottle of gin and maybe some Lafite
and just enjoy the beautiful things like espadrilles on men and Bean Shoes. We have our old ones from the 70s with the small lettering. So head on down to Vineyard Vines and pretend.

I'm not sure if this is intended as a joke, but it is highly amusing.

+1

+2 (as in ROFL)

[Anonymous]

So, the conclusion is that Big 3 schools do not consider celebrity status of parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, the conclusion is that Big 3 schools do not consider celebrity status of parents?

LOL. and Trump's donations to politicians didn't get him anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So, the conclusion is that Big 3 schools do not consider celebrity status of parents?

I take the conclusion to be that all schools (not just "Big 3) probably consider celebrity status of parents, but that celebrity status is much narrower than some seem to think.

[Anonymous]

GDS boosters histrionic rending of their skirts over first family proves that at least one school cares deeply about celebrity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's GDS?

Stands for Greedy Developer School.

The significance of your comment is lost on me. Does GDS have a lot of parents who are developers?

Hardly celebrities if that's your point .....

[Anonymous]

I'm not reading this whole thread, but this itty, bitty K-8 I worked at in LA had Seal & Heidi Klum's kid, Luke Perry's kid, Oscar de la Hoya's kid, Jamie Widdoes' kid, and Travis Barker's kid. Emma Roberts also went there. So get over yourselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not reading this whole thread, but this itty, bitty K-8 I worked at in LA had Seal & Heidi Klum's kid, Luke Perry's kid, Oscar de la Hoya's kid, Jamie Widdoes' kid, and Travis Barker's kid. Emma Roberts also went there. So get over yourselves.

You should read the thread. If you want to define celebrity as only TV personalities who have appeared in Star Magazine (even C-listers whose last notable show was 25 years ago), then only LA and NYC have any "celebrities" and there is no discussion. But if you recognize that the term is not necessarily defined by the box in your living room but rather by the place where you live, then it's a completely different discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not reading this whole thread, but this itty, bitty K-8 I worked at in LA had Seal & Heidi Klum's kid, Luke Perry's kid, Oscar de la Hoya's kid, Jamie Widdoes' kid, and Travis Barker's kid. Emma Roberts also went there. So get over yourselves.

Typical LA person. Too lazy to read.

The point of thread is access.