In the ranking of educational institutions of the capital, the lyceum "Second School" is consistently among the top five. But the lyceum's current fame cannot be compared with the incredible popularity it enjoyed in the late 60s of the last century. The second Physics and Mathematics School was the strongest, most prestigious and famous school of that time. Today, few people remember this unique pedagogical experiment, which was not developed, like many initiatives of the thaw. But graduates who consider studying at the "Second School" one of the main events in their lives remember him. There they were taught to deal with cliches, with cliche thinking, with notching, and most importantly — to think.