Nina just started 10th grade in a poor Russian high school in her small town. She got honest with her parents and said she wanted to study medicine after and how this education she was getting from this local high school won't be enough. Her parents obviously listened to her and signed her up for a good rated Gymnasium program in a larger town around 40 kilometres away.

Her parents got her a dorm and dropped her off, helped her unpack. Nina promised to keep up her studies and come back hoke for holidays and stay in touch as much as she could.