The cleverest go to Gymnasien, the main route to university; the ordinary are sent to Realschulen; and the dullards attend Hauptschulen, often breeding-grounds for disaffection.
The region was fertile ground for disaffection: two non-Slavic races, Austrians and Hungarians, held sway over millions of Serbs, Slovaks, Czechs, Croats and Poles, among others.
"The region," he writes, "was fertile ground for disaffection: two non-Slavic races, Austrians and Hungarians, held sway over millions of Serbs, Slovaks, Czechs, Croats and Poles, among others".
The economic depredations of the financial crisis made the ground for disaffection more fertile, not to mention the Syrian refugee crisis exacerbated by the Russian air force.
This kind of polarization is a shame and a lost opportunity — there's a huge middle ground of disaffection in the country that would support an opposition movement organized around the issues.
Mr Sirisena's decision to run triggered a slew of defections and became a rallying point for disaffection with Mr Rajapakse and his powerful family.
Their grounds for suspicion?
There are grounds for scepticism.
The grounds for the arrests?
Grounds for scepticism are plentiful.
