How fun and interesting it is to be naughty in class, laugh at teachers and cheat on exams! So it has been and so it will be forever and ever, as long as the school exists. The 5th grade high school student at the Odessa gymnasium, although he was quite an obedient boy, also liked to giggle at priest Meletiy, prompted him at the control and maliciously ate fast pies at recess. But one day he was expelled from the gymnasium. The carefree school life is over. Another one has begun — a difficult and tough one. And here the former high school student did not fail — K. I. Chukovsky wrote his autobiographical novel "The Silver Coat of Arms" in 1938, already being a famous writer and literary critic. The sad story described in this work actually happened to him when he was in high school. Expelled from 5th grade, the hero is acutely worried about the injustice of teachers and the betrayal of classmates. However, the boy finds the strength to work and study independently and, thanks to his own perseverance and the support of his family, becomes a student, and then a journalist and writer. There are many funny and bright episodes in the story, the atmosphere of Odessa at the end of the 19th century is subtly conveyed. K. I. Chukovsky wrote his autobiographical novel "The Silver Coat of Arms" in 1938. He was already a famous writer and literary critic. The sad story described in this work actually happened to him when he was in high school. Expelled from 5th grade, the hero is acutely worried about the injustice of teachers and the betrayal of classmates. However, the boy finds the strength to work and study independently and, thanks to his own perseverance and the support of his family, becomes a student, and then a journalist and writer. There are many funny and bright episodes in the story, the atmosphere of Odessa at the end of the 19th century is subtly conveyed.