From usatoday.com April 23rd. 2011, Emma Watson has had enough of Brown. The Harry Potter star will be transferring to another school in the fall, her rep tells AP. (She didn't offer the name the new school.) The news comes in the wake of reports that the actress was bullied out of Brown University. According to the New York Daily News, Watson was a vocal and smart student, and when she got something right, her Ivy League classmates would respond with a quote from Harry Potter. The most popular choice was: "Three points for Gryffindor!" – a reference to the movie's dormitory system, and a congratulatory phrase in the films when a student got a correct answer. The Daily News also said that Watson was heckled at a September football game against Harvard by students shouted Harry Potter phrases at her. Watson's rep, Vanessa Davies, said there was no truth to the reports. She added that the star "has absolutely loved her time at Brown" and made many good friends there.
ECHEE SAYS: It didn’t dawn on me until earlier today that a Twitter/Facebook post of Emma’s mysteriously disappeared. What do you think that post was about? If you are good at guessing you guessed correctly it was about Brown. In mid-January she posted on her facebook about going back to school. At the end of January she never reported. That post stayed there for months because I actually copied and pasted it to my “Emma Watson the Brown dropout” post. After her March 7th message from her official website about taking time off from Brown is when that post was gone. Someone who comments on my blog pointed that out a few weeks back. Why would that post disappear?
I don’t think she was even remotely bullied at Brown. What I do think is she was heckled from time to time. Partly is due to the American culture of ribbing one another. Some people can take it too far and with Emma maybe not coming from that sort of environment she is sensitive to it. I think the term bully is being thrown around a little too irresponsibly. It’s not like she was turned upside with her head place in the toilet while someone flushed it or was given an Indian burn or beaten up on the playground. That’s what I think when I hear the term bully. She might not have thick skin.
I don’t think she was even remotely bullied at Brown. What I do think is she was heckled from time to time. Partly is due to the American culture of ribbing one another. Some people can take it too far and with Emma maybe not coming from that sort of environment she is sensitive to it. I think the term bully is being thrown around a little too irresponsibly. It’s not like she was turned upside with her head place in the toilet while someone flushed it or was given an Indian burn or beaten up on the playground. That’s what I think when I hear the term bully. She might not have thick skin.
Even if she was heckled I could not blame those who did. I am sure if she was some was out of jealousy but I don’t think it was by majority. I think some who did it read her Vanity Fair, Maria Claire, Elle, Vogue, Parade and all other magazine interviews she did talking about Brown. I am sure like her fans they paid attention to how Emma said before she went to University she wanted to do it right because she wants normalcy and anonymity to only see her take to her official website days after she arrived and then do various interviews straight through her first year and into her second.
I don’t think some took too kindly to Emma’s smug and snob like high class attitude towards those who are high class themselves. Be it Emma is a millionaire but some of those students come from families that have more money than Emma. Plus how can you say you want left alone but publically keep on talking about your experiences and then like Emma did have a break down when a fellow student asks for an autograph? I am sure some of these students felt the leave me alone I am a celebrity vibe as she piled around with other celebrities children and one Spanish rocker.
Emma Watson quit Brown for Perks and Lancome. That’s it. End of story. It was not to focus on her other acting projects or fashion. She also said it was to finish up Potter but filming had since ended and she never showed for either Deathly Hallows DVD release in either London or NYC. You see her in some interviews but you can tell they are old from how short her hair is and some newer ones she could have done before Brown’s spring term began. She got an offer to make more money and obtain more fame. In the process like other actresses that is in her position she will attract more movie roles.
There is nothing wrong with that because Emma is an actress. The issue is being completely disingenuous about it all for the sake of this perfect girl next door image that is a farce and fallacy. Anyone who has paid attention to her facebook wall post, March 7th message and now her admittance that she’s transferring out of Brown could tell she left the University for Lancôme. She has since lost her spot. In mid-February she was seen touring NYU so her March 7th message about loving Brown and later comments of returning to the University was more media and fan manipulation.
I don't believe Emma for a second if you click the 5 below examples with why she quit Brown. I also think she is not as smart as she is made out to be and that is part of the Hermione label. I also would not doubt this bullying claim was a plant by her people to make Emma out as more of a victim to lighten any back lash because Emma has pushed the University desire for years. It was the sole purpose as she claimed as to why she resigned to do all the Potter movies. Funny now that Potter is over, so is her time at Brown. She also raved about it in recent magazines interviews. You can see a few of those if you click the Brown link below.
From bbc.co.uk/news April 30th, 2011 In the frequently asked questions section of her website, the first question is "why did you chose Brown University over a British one?" Her undated answer is: "I was seriously torn as to whether to stay in the UK or go to the States as let's face it the UK has some of the best universities in the world. But, ultimately, I loved the course at Brown and really liked the idea of experiencing a different country and culture - and I must say I've never been happier, I absolutely love Brown."
UPDATE JULY 7TH 2011 From thisislondon.co.uk jULY 7TH, 2011, "Rumours of bullying are far wide of the mark, she stresses; US students often spend their third years abroad). She is playing hard to get with casting directors and there will be no acting after she completes the US indie film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, her first post-Potter role. "I will be focusing solely on my studies. People were very respectful at Brown of my privacy - and I just hope that will be the same at home." She hopes to live in college and may even do student drama, "if it feels right".
UPDATE JULY 9TH 2011, "From heraldsun.com.au July 9th, 2011, "Fame was never something I ever aspired to and it's not something I aspire to now really.
I don't believe Emma for a second if you click the 5 below examples with why she quit Brown. I also think she is not as smart as she is made out to be and that is part of the Hermione label. I also would not doubt this bullying claim was a plant by her people to make Emma out as more of a victim to lighten any back lash because Emma has pushed the University desire for years. It was the sole purpose as she claimed as to why she resigned to do all the Potter movies. Funny now that Potter is over, so is her time at Brown. She also raved about it in recent magazines interviews. You can see a few of those if you click the Brown link below.
From bbc.co.uk/news April 30th, 2011 In the frequently asked questions section of her website, the first question is "why did you chose Brown University over a British one?" Her undated answer is: "I was seriously torn as to whether to stay in the UK or go to the States as let's face it the UK has some of the best universities in the world. But, ultimately, I loved the course at Brown and really liked the idea of experiencing a different country and culture - and I must say I've never been happier, I absolutely love Brown."
UPDATE JULY 7TH 2011 From thisislondon.co.uk jULY 7TH, 2011, "Rumours of bullying are far wide of the mark, she stresses; US students often spend their third years abroad). She is playing hard to get with casting directors and there will be no acting after she completes the US indie film, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, her first post-Potter role. "I will be focusing solely on my studies. People were very respectful at Brown of my privacy - and I just hope that will be the same at home." She hopes to live in college and may even do student drama, "if it feels right".
UPDATE JULY 9TH 2011, "From heraldsun.com.au July 9th, 2011, "Fame was never something I ever aspired to and it's not something I aspire to now really.
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