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🇲🇽 Mexico /Culture & Society

Sleepy but Excited, Students Return to School

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Hundreds of thousands of preschool, primary and secondary students returned to classrooms across Mexico’s Valley of Mexico on Aug. 31.
  • Students and families faced early starts and last-minute preparations, while police monitored schools and helped manage traffic.
  • Schools welcomed pupils with colorful decorations, although some younger children left their parents in tears.

Hundreds of thousands of students returned to classrooms across Mexico’s Valley of Mexico on Aug. 31, bringing early alarms, misplaced uniforms and last-minute school-supply shopping.

In Mexico City and the State of Mexico, families began preparing from early morning. Abril, a third-year secondary student, said she was excited to return but had struggled with the new schedule after becoming used to starting her day at 10 a.m. She now had to get up at 5:30 a.m.

I am very excited to return to school, but what is hardest for me is getting up early because I had become used to starting the day at 10 in the morning, and now I have to get up at 5:30 to be ready.

— AbrilA third-year secondary student described adjusting to the early school schedule.

Schools saw police presence both to monitor the return and to ease traffic around the campuses. Many decorated their entrances with colorful lettering and encouraged students to treat the first day as a happy occasion.

The youngest pupils, particularly children beginning preschool and primary school, often said goodbye to their parents with fear and tears. Other children arrived happily, giving families hope that the enthusiasm would continue throughout the school year.

It means chaos and a lot of commotion. It is a special day for children because they had been missing it. My son is happy to return, and I hope it stays that way throughout the school year.

— Arlet Santiago JaramilloA parent described the excitement and disorder surrounding the first day back.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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