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[dracozress]

The British here are really funny sometimes. Unlike the US, GB still has a lot of class stratification (which, in my mind, the LibDems are trying to counteract) and it really shows here at Cambridge. Especially in my college. Peterhouse is the typical British public(k) school boy college and thus represents the upper echelon of the system. There

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[dracozress]

I think the stratification is pretty specific to oxbridge (Cambridge and Oxford) especially in the more conservative colleges like mine (unfortunately). England in terms of government and general environment is very far to the left compared to the states. At the university, though, they don't see as much change as the rest of England because that's the way it's always been done and they see no real need to change. I mean they've lasted longer than most (in fact, all currently existing) governments so they don't really see the passage of time the same way. In fact, Magdalene didn't start admitting women until 1988-9. And Peterhouse didn't until 1985. Weird.

For more on this subject, see the movie "Porterhouse Blue" if you can find it. The movie was actually shot at my college and is based on three different colleges here Peterhouse, Magdalen, and Pembroke. At least that's what they tell me. It's really amusing to see some of the characters in it and how they relate to current fellows. The movie is a bit of an exaggeration but it gets the spirit of it.