The Difficult, Full of Hardships and Dangers Life of Ivan Semyonov, Second-Grader and Repeat Student

Ivan Semyonov is a boy who doesn’t like studying. He constantly thinks about how to avoid school and comes up with different ways to dodge it. He feels that other activities—like training animals or working as a scout—would be more interesting. He even considers retiring right away, because school for him is real torture.