Abbotsleigh principal Judith Wheeldon last night, and, below, Ally McBeal and Sex and the City actor Sarah Jessica Parker. Mrs Judith Wheeldon, the headmistress of Abbotsleigh, in Wahroonga, said the community needed to think deeply about the power of such programs to undermine its view of human nature and worth. We destroy the ties that bind us, the traditions upon which we as human beings depend. Former Abbotsleigh girls include Sydney eccentric Bea Miles, artist Grace Cossington Smith, author and businesswoman Jill Ker Conway, actor Georgie Parker and the president of the NSW Upper House, Dr Meredith Burgmann. It's actually up to men, too, and no-one questions their seeking of an individual identity.
Women have a perfect right to worry about their place in life.
Dr Jonathan Sacks's view of the marketplace as a highly anti-traditional force which displaced human identity. Mrs Wheeldon has been head of the school for five years, and was previously head of Queenwood School for Girls. She was also critical of her own school's progress in developing a culture of community service. Singing the odd carol at an old people's home hardly qualifies. Raising money for charity is important but does not have the power to transform our lives that working beside, with and for others directly has.