A poignant and lyrical novel about a young and passionate teacher Elena Konstantinovna, nicknamed Yolka, and about her encounter with the harsh and not the most plausible realities of a modern school. “An idealist,” some sighed after her. “Fool,” they twirled their fingers. others at the temple. And she believed that she could change something - after all, at school everything depends on the teacher. “You’ll run away in six months,” the pessimists convinced her. “In a year at most,” the optimists generously gave a reprieve. “You are the best!” » - the students wrote to her. “They give it to them, but they are still unhappy... They got greedy,” the official reprimanded her in the back. And she kept repeating: “I can do it!” And again I went to class in my 9th grade...