PR for People Monthly June 2019 | Page 2

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In the 1980s I had the good fortune to attend an event where Sherry Lansing gave the keynote address. She was the first woman to head a Hollywood Studio, 20th Century Fox, and later she became the CEO of Paramount. She said that as a Hollywood executive, “she was always in search of good talent….and furthermore… that good talent would always rise to the top and be rewarded.” Her comments stayed with me through the years.

Sherry Lansing’s perspective is strong and simple. Work hard and reap reward.

I believed her then and I believe her now, but there is a flip side to the playing field.

We are led to believe America is a land of equal opportunity. We are led to believe: no matter how humble our origins are, we can still attain the American Dream… if only we use our talent and work hard enough. But this belief doesn’t take into account the real truth that is rooted in the biblical parable of the sower.

“Some seed falls on the path (wayside) with no soil, some on rocky ground with little soil, and some on soil which contained thorns. In these cases the seed is taken away or fails to produce a crop, but when it falls on good soil it grows, yielding thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold.”

If you don’t get a strong education, then you will never know how to land on good soil. It’s like Sherry Lansing said in an interview … “at Harvard Business School, you’re taught to replant yourself every ten years…to let something else take root.” This holds true so long as you have the privilege of not landing on the rocks.

In this issue of the Connector, we feature Barbara Lloyd McMichael’s article “An Antidote to the College Admissions Scandals” that profiles Renton Technical College. This two-year school is located southeast of Seattle and serves over 9,000 students annually. The school offers over 60 career training programs (from culinary arts to welding, and a whole lot in between) as well as classes that help students brush up on background skills needed to succeed in college and the workplace.

Patricia Vaccarino

PR FOR PEOPLE®

THE CONNECTOR

Editorial Staff

Chief Content Creator: Patricia Vaccarino

Published by PR for People®

Brand Manager: Josue Mora

Copy Editor: Lars Brockner

Chief Photographer: Ilya Moshenskiy

Design and Layout: Josue Mora

Photo Credits: William Lulow, Josue Mora, Ilya Moshenskiy, Patricia Vaccarino,

and special thanks to

Renton Technical College

Contributors:

Roger Barton, Edith Lynn Beer,

Lynn Berger, Gregg Bertram,

Tom Blaschko, Dave Bresler, Peter Corning Ph.D, Dillan DiGiovanni,

Bernadette Erasmus, John de Graaf, JoAnne Dyer, Anna Faktorovich, Ph.D., Ron Flavin, Michael Fliegelman,

Randy Friedberg, Esq., Manny Frishberg, Henri P. Gaboriau, MD, Sally Haver, Alison Harris, Roger Hillman,

Lorraine Howell, David L. Laing,

Linda Jay,

Chef Mary Beth Lawton Johnson, Barry R Lewin, William Lulow, Dean Landsman, Barbara Lloyd McMichael,

Kathy McShane, Donald Mazzella,

Joe Puggelli, Oliver Roth, Annie Searle, Hall Stuart-Lovell, Jordan Riefe,

William Thomas, Patricia Vaccarino, and Serena Wadhwa.

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