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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HB is for the connected, and once you are in the HB ecosystem you realize how classist it is when the UMC whites in all AP classes don't associate with the very few minorities that are let in. The elitist ATS to HB route is steeped in conspiracy. [/quote]

ATS to HB is such a joke. Those schools could not be more different, so if one is such a great fit for your child, the other probably isn't. For some people, though, all that matters is exclusivity.
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I see people on this board say things like this a lot, and I'm sorry but it just betrays a lack of understanding of both schools, educational philosophies, and child development. The type of discipline that kids need in the early years is very different from what is needed later on in their educations. It's not a joke to decide that both schools have something positive to offer your child at different stages of his/her life.

Complain if you want that people shouldn't be able to win two different lotteries, but that's a different issue. Though, if you're going to be consistent in arguing that the schools are so different that an interest in both of them doesn't make sense, then you should probably also argue that you should be allowed to participate in only one of the lotteries. Whether your child gets in or not should be irrelevant, if your argument is only about the types of schools they are. [/quote]

No. Just admit why you like those schools. You're not fooling anyone. It has NOTHING to do with child development or whether the particular school's philosophy is a good fit for a particular child or family. It's exclusivity and "prestige" test scores, with a side helping of a smaller setting (perhaps there is a correlation with the scores), and nothing more.

I have no issue with families applying to both lotteries. I just don't believe what you are selling. [/quote]

Luckily for me, I don't have to get you to buy it. I can believe what I believe, and you can believe what you want. I'm just pointing out the BS of posters who claim that their objections to people going to both schools is about school philosophy. To paraphrase your words, it has NOTHING to do with school philosophies. Your objection is to people who get into both schools. It's bitterness with a side helping of envy.  [/quote]

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