Back to the rhythm

When the bells ring and the academic year starts, it isn't just an academic year, but a year of work, activity, and commitment.

The sound of the alarm clock once again awakens adults and children alike, and the streets are crowded with quick footsteps and faces filled with wonder, fear, and excitement, as if the entire city is awakening from its slumber.

Not only the children who are returning to school and classrooms, but society as a whole is returning to a different rhythm. Summer vacation, with all its freedom, comfort, and quiet mornings, was a necessary space to replenish energy and restore balance. It provided a brief break from the pressures of work and the routine of life, only to return more prepared for responsibility.

With the school bell ringing and the return to work, life resumes its normal course. Children enter their classrooms with dreamy eyes and questions about the future, while adults prepare for new tasks and plans awaiting implementation. It's a journey from relaxation to commitment and a return to responsibility.

At schools, a new chapter of education and awareness-building begins. In the workplace, an equally important chapter begins: facing commitments, overcoming pressures, and building practical steps toward the future. Every beginning is a new test, whether in school or at work.

With this return, cities regain their pulse: shops are bustling again, institutions and businesses are resuming their activity, and public transportation is filling up with faces. It's as if society is a living entity awakening after a short break. Along with it, the stifling traffic turns the morning into a daily battle. Cars jam the roads, buses are delayed, and a simple journey turns into a long, tiring one. It's as if we're surprised every year by the start of the academic year.

Yet hope remains. Just as we learn from books and lessons, we can learn from our daily mistakes. Organization is possible, and planning for traffic, especially around schools, is not a far dream. And if returning to school and work is a reminder of responsibility, our greater responsibility is to create lifestyles that ease people's hardship and leave them space to retain the joy of returning to school.

Despite the crowding, the return to school brings back a sense of life moving again. The noise in the streets is evidence that people have returned to their places and that the city has regained its voice. Perhaps we wish the return would be more organized and less crowded, but it's enough for us that all of us, whether children holding their notebooks or adults bearing their responsibilities, are together writing a new chapter of work, responsibility, and nation-building.