Talk:Hotchkiss School
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[edit] Notable Alumni
Owen's the man, but he isn't "notable" just because he's related to someone important. Wait for him to make his own mark on the world, then put him up. Not to mention that he's screwing up the slick alphabetization of that list. --12.39.80.98 23:46, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] NPOV
Starting the article with The prestigious Hotchkiss School smacks of POV. No evidence is presented for the claims in the second sentence It is one of the wealthiest high schools in the world and one of the most competitive to gain admission to. This is not the way to establish notability, and sounds more like an advertisement than like an encyclopedic entry. Rl 18:50, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
I have deleted 'prestigious', which may be true but doesn't add anything useful. I have also deleted the reference to one of the most competitive to get into - it is highly competitive, but so are many other high schools. I have provided evidence for other claims. --Iceaxejuggler 09:57, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
- Thanks, good work. Rl 11:15, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Advertizing
Is Iceaxejuggler employed by Hotchkiss? As an alumnus and son of an alumnus, I'm embarassed to see Wikipedia coopted as a forum for advertizing my alma mater. Hotchkiss is not 'known for its arts, photography and video programs, and a 715-seat glass-enclosed performing arts center and music pavilion opened in spring 2005' it is known in literature and tradition as a rather pretentious prep. school for the sons (and lately daughters) of wealthy or well-connected New Yorkers. I have a limited amount of time to devote to sabotaging this advertisement, but I would like to appeal to the users of Wikipedia: do you really want an institution as wealthy as Hotchkiss boasts itself to be taking advantage of a free forum to put across a glossy, whitewashed picture of itself? Let's cut out the prospectus copy, eh? Hotchkiss can print that up in three colors and mail it out without our help. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.132.22.38 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 12 August 2005.
- You're right. Clearly Hotchkiss isn't all that great, cos they never even taught us how to spell "advertizing" correctly. --24.13.230.172 21:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- Most editors couldn't care less about articles on highschools, let alone prep schools. Those who do care tend to be highly critical of them. And then there are those who are interested in individual schools, usually because they are somehow related (alumni, staff, students) – they write all these school articles. Very few of them ever make an attempt at writing an encyclopedic article. — If you have any sources for your description of the school, such additions would be welcome; shouldn't be too hard if it is "known in literature". Also, feel free to make any other edits that improve the article. We ask people to be bold when editing. Rl 21:18, 12 August 2005 (UTC
- The sentence that you quote is not my material, I merely rearranged what someone else had written to make it more grammatical and to tone it down (and I would fully agree with you that this section currently reads as a somewhat boring ad). I would echo R1's comments, and encourage you to make revisions that will turn this into a more rounded article.Iceaxejuggler, 14 August 2005
I am a '97 grad and have added some information on counterculture at hotchkiss and a bit about the darker side of the founding of the school. i say this all with love; i'm a loyal grad, but i think the school deserves to be represented by more than a glossy photo.LawTree 20:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I went to The Hill. I never got the Hotchkiss thing. Graduates of Hotchkiss always strike me as uptight little white-washed weenies--just like Princetonians.
Hotchkiss students often are "uptight little white-washed weenies," just like anyone who goes to a prestigious New England boarding school (or Ivy League College, for that matter). Hotchkiss... The Hill... Deerfield, etc... it's all the same, you hypocritical putz.
