Boys are studying, girls are studying!

"Mom, I'm going to school tomorrow! Did you buy me a backpack?" It turns out that in pre-revolutionary Russia, children also went to school with backpacks. Sometimes, however, they carried textbooks in straps. And schools in Russia were very different: rural schools, gymnasiums, boarding schools, cadet corps, and even institutions for noble maidens. Russian writers could not help but describe their school experiences. Much was different back then: classes began with a prayer, there were class supervisors and ladies watching over the students, and grades were given on a 3-point or a 12-point system. But throughout all times, students were interested in the same things. Who is the new girl in class? How to stand up to a bullying classmate? And why does time drag on endlessly in some classes while it flies by unnoticed in others?