Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think England has always had something of a modified caste system. Children are tracked for school for example. But that might be my understanding. > [Original Message] > From: Judith Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 6/28/2006 11:26:30 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so? > > I forgot to add that the US is becoming less socially > mobile and also has greater extremes of inequality > than "Europe" -- Britain's going the way of the US. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html