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[quote]But isn't this "secretive" and "hidden" in the sense that a school is never going to tell a family, "we're not pushing your kid very hard at the meetings with school X"?  Nor will they tell the family, "the reason we're not pushing is DH is a PITA."  Bear in mind, the school has probably already told the family something like, "we don't think your kid is a good fit for school X," but if the family insists on applying anyway, then it's up to the school to promote the kid, or not.  The thing is, logic does tell you this will happen, but you never know whether it's happening to your kid, which is OP's problem.[/quote]

I see these two descriptions as very different.  The first PP is acknowledging that ODs have other agendas besides just doing exactly what each parent requests.  And most of those other agendas are pretty reasonable and understandable.  [b]The second PP is positing that all other agendas must include a zero-sum game of promoting one child over another, and that there are ugly motives for choosing which child gets promoted.[/b]  
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No, that was my post, and you are distorting it.  Where did I say anything about a zero-sum game?  I'm really sick of you -- please stop.[/quote]

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