Holton Arms gets an Emmy's Red carpet shout out from the wealthiest woman in Hollywood

[Anonymous]

I just think it's important not to knock women who have achieved success..both of these discussed women have achieved that and it ain't so easy. Somehow JLD is considered the intellectual and my point is GR has a masters..she is not a dummy. Don't watch her shows that she has helped create..not just acted in..created..but putting her down..which is what was happening..is wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just think it's important not to knock women who have achieved success..both of these discussed women have achieved that and it ain't so easy. Somehow JLD is considered the intellectual and my point is GR has a masters..she is not a dummy. Don't watch her shows that she has helped create..not just acted in..created..but putting her down..which is what was happening..is wrong.

+10000. GR is a journalist and television personality. I don't think she is any different from Oprah or Katie Couric at the core -- would any of you criticize them???????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have nothing against Holton (or Whitman for that matter) but this is the dumbest thread ever. Who cares where these people went to school?

Agreed. Every school that has been around a long time has famous alums. It is meaningless. Who cares where some sitcom actress went to high school?

[Anonymous]

The people who went to the same school find it interesting and a fun fact. I don't see why it upsets people so much. This was just a light hearted thread and then of course the bashers had to arrive.

[Anonymous]

PP here. I don't think I was putting down GR but she obviously is not on the same level as OW and KC. I just don't know how you can even compare. The body of work presented by OW and KC is impressive and their impact is broad. People around the world know of these two.

My point is that to GR is obviously having a successful career and at some point may reach the level of JLD, OW, KC, HC etc., but today, she is not on that level. Is she a role model? Sure! But is she a role model in the same way as the others? No! Giving interviews on the red carpet and producing shows on E! is not the same as staring in Seinfeld (which still runs 15 years after it ended), The New Adventures of Old Christine (which still runs), and Veep and winning a host of Golden Globes and Emmys in the process.

Also, Hillary might have had marriage problems but you must admit that she came out of that experience w/o looking back. I despise the Clinton's but have respect for Hillary. Scary to admit but I am a fan. She is brilliant, sharp and ruthless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here. I don't think I was putting down GR but she obviously is not on the same level as OW and KC. I just don't know how you can even compare. The body of work presented by OW and KC is impressive and their impact is broad. People around the world know of these two.

My point is that to GR is obviously having a successful career and at some point may reach the level of JLD, OW, KC, HC etc., but today, she is not on that level. Is she a role model? Sure! But is she a role model in the same way as the others? No! Giving interviews on the red carpet and producing shows on E! is not the same as staring in Seinfeld (which still runs 15 years after it ended), The New Adventures of Old Christine (which still runs), and Veep and winning a host of Golden Globes and Emmys in the process.

Also, Hillary might have had marriage problems but you must admit that she came out of that experience w/o looking back. I despise the Clinton's but have respect for Hillary. Scary to admit but I am a fan. She is brilliant, sharp and ruthless.

Ruthless? I see her as a coward. She should have left him and went her own way. THEN she would have my respect.

[Anonymous]

OK, we're all bored with this thread now. Can we move on to something more interesting? Say, adding to the thread about how to volunteer "free" time during this furlough?

[Anonymous]

Given how things played out, she made the right move. Fortunately, enough people like myself respect her which is why she will be the Democratic nominee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given how things played out, she made the right move. Fortunately, enough people like myself respect her which is why she will be the Democratic nominee.

Lord help us

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A different Holton mom here with something I didn't know.

Alum Melissa Bernstein ’94 also won an Emmy on Sunday as co-executive producer of “Breaking Bad” for Best Drama. The series won a total of ten emmys. Very cool.

Oh yeah? Well that's just fiction. Sidwell had its real-life version of "Breaking Bad" when a Sidwell grad Hugh Elsbree, was busted for running a Methamphetamine lab out of a DC apartment. Fortunately, he seems to have avoided trouble since serving a period under house arrest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202107/70-000-year-school-Obama-sends-daughters-hit-drug-sex-scandal.html

http://dcist.com/2012/04/drug_dealer_meth_maker_family_man.php

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A different Holton mom here with something I didn't know.

Alum Melissa Bernstein ’94 also won an Emmy on Sunday as co-executive producer of “Breaking Bad” for Best Drama. The series won a total of ten emmys. Very cool.

Oh yeah? Well that's just fiction. Sidwell had its real-life version of "Breaking Bad" when a Sidwell grad Hugh Elsbree, was busted for running a Methamphetamine lab out of a DC apartment. Fortunately, he seems to have avoided trouble since serving a period under house arrest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202107/70-000-year-school-Obama-sends-daughters-hit-drug-sex-scandal.html

http://dcist.com/2012/04/drug_dealer_meth_maker_family_man.php

You need a hobby.

[Anonymous]

This kid had been out of Sidwell for more than a decade. Nothing like "breaking bad" where Walt was still at the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Role Models? Why? I can't stand how people encourage that. A role model is usually someone who is nto out in the public eye encouraging someoen to be the best person they can be to give back and encourage people to follow through with their desires.

If they wanted to be role models they would be at those schools on their time working with kids who want to go into the arts.

I went to a school in Ohio where a very famous actor went, he spent a lot of his time with us working on our school productions, singing, dancing, improv. He never came in a for hire car, he never came with a group of handlers, he just showed up, rolled up his sleeves and gave back.

I have not seen or heard of any celeb that would do that now. That person I speak of who would come to our school several times a year, Paul Newman.

You're describing a motivational speaker. A role model is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. (Get it? They "model" the "role," whether that role is "athlete" or "artist" or "mom" or "decent person".) The role model doesn't have to do anything to reach out to the people who want to emulate him or her.

[Anonymous]

This whole topic makes me want to yawn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole topic makes me want to yawn

and yet you join the thread?