I just received a letter from old friends in Novi Sad. The situation they face in Serbia is ever more desperate. The letter provides an example of the general apathy. My friends’ son, who is sixteen, has the last class of geography before mid-term vacations. The teacher offers the pupils to moo for their grades. The first youngster is timid at first, but his mooing improves quickly. He passes. Encouraged, the boy who follows him is already quite willing. Mooing gets better and better. Until my friends’ son’s turn. He does not want to moo; rather, he wants to answer questions about geography. He fails. The teacher announces that everyone who does not want to moo for his or her grade should leave the classroom. He fails all of them and passes all the others. My friends are advised by their friends not to complain about the teacher’s behavior if they wish their son to stay in school.