Quote of the moment:
Although the United States is seen as a world of opportunity, the
reality may be different. Some studies have shown that it is easier for
poorer children to rise through society in many European countries than
in America. There is a particular fear about the engine of American
meritocracy, its education system. Only 3% of students at top colleges
come from the poorest quarter of the population. Poor children are
trapped in dismal schools, while richer parents spend ever more cash on
tutoring their offspring.
-- "The Rights and Wrongs of the American Model", article in The
Economist, June 15th 2006
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