1 September: The Holiday with Tears in Our Eyes

The 1st of September. Children go to school. A significant day. A hope for new knowledge, new acquaintances, new events. If so why so many people have sour faces or, at least, they feel sour at heart? The period of relaxation for everyone is over. Too many things turn from good to worse. Pupils have to change their carefree idle pastime into a dense schedule. Teachers again have to try to put knowledge into heads that stubbornly resist accepting it. Parents again have to think about 1000 and one things from cloths, textbooks and stationery to additional activities and academic performance of their kids. Again they need to introduce control procedures and make sure they are followed. Vacations are over. It is also getting colder, days are quickly getting shorter and traffic jams are getting longer. Any good news? Well, the New Year is not too far away.