O Really wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 12:56 pm
Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 8:37 am
Yeah, the rankings I posted are all modern. IIRC my school was #1 in the nation when I was there, stomping even VA and SC schools, the now STEM Walt Whitman and O Really's B-CC . . . or that's
and I have no clue,
.
Johnson got merged with Woodard in the 80's didn't it? Maybe that's when it took a dip.
I attended
Charles W. Woodward High School, too. Neither really recovered after I was there.
Before your time, and thus we won't hold you responsible, but Cal Thomas was a fellow alumni. How he got so warped I don't know. He also attended American University (where my mum was attending when the war broke out). Hanging out with bad people, I guess.
Vrede's classmate from another year:
Class of 1960. They fumigated afterwards. Even then, people knew.
Lots of notable alumni, not so surprising for wealthy, privileged White, DC suburban schools.
Walter Johnson High School has more because it's 10 years older and was always the larger school.
Charles W. Woodward
"Demolition of the old building commenced at the end of February, 2021."
Lisa Nowak — astronaut (class of 1981). "She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006, when she was responsible for operating the robotic arms of the shuttle and the International Space Station."
Impressive, but Nowak was passed over for a next mission because she was not "a team player". However, Nowak is most famous for driving from TX to FL wearing a diaper so she wouldn't have to stop and assaulting a romantic rival. "She was sentenced to a year's probation and the two days already served in jail, with no additional jail time."
Hey, if you're going to do crazy . . . I think Woodward's motto was
Go Big or Go Home.
Daniel Snyder — owner of the Washington Football Team (class of 1982).
I apologize.
Walter Johnson
Nils Lofgren – rock musician (class of 1969 - did not graduate)
Anita Dunn – advisor to President Barack Obama (class of 1976). A year behind me. I inspired the druggie (nttawwt) slacker to care about politics.
Here's one for you:
Colleen Haskell – actress and 1st season contestant of reality TV show Survivor (class of 1994). I remember her, from the show. 6th place, winner Richard Hatch. What a cutie! - Colleen, I mean.
Here's my favorite:
James Risen – Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author (class of 1973). A little older than me, but I clued him in to the evils of Big Brother. "Risen won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his stories about President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program," Stellar Wind. This was years before
Edward Snowden. The fucking NYT spiked the story for 2 years "at the request of the White House" until Risen wrote a book about it that forced their hand. I'll bet the NYT brags about the Pulitzer now.
Let's look at
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
David Boren, U.S. Senator and Governor of Oklahoma; President of University of Oklahoma (class of 1959). Did you cross paths? Oklahoma had Dem pols from the 1970s to the 90s?
Peter Navarro, Director of Dolt .45's National Trade Council (class of 1967).
A bigger LOSER than Cal Thomas?
David Simon, creator and executive producer of HBO series The Wire (class of 1978).
Tommy Davidson, comedian, cast member of TV series
In Living Color (class of 1981)
Jonathan I. Schwartz, CEO of Sun Microsystems (class of 1983)
Chet Culver (D), Governor of Iowa, 2007-2011 (class of 1984)
Media and journalism, and Books - a bunch
A few federal judges. Guess you are a slacker.
I think B-CC and you win.
