the students have made their return to school, between excitement and concern

​Twelve million students returned to class on Thursday 1 September. To Gonneville-sur-Mer (Manche), in a kindergarten class, the children had to leave their parents for the first time. The first day of school is a test for everyone. “First back to school, I was super cool, and it’s when I get there… I see all the kids crying“, confides a father, anxious at the idea of ​​leaving his child.

At the entrance to a college in Roubaix (North), sixth-grade students also discover some novelties, welcomed with more or less serenity. “A little stressed and a little shy. Around the sixth, it starts to be a little hard“, testifies a young girl. “I’m proud, even though I lost all my friends. But it doesn’t matter, I’ll worry about it, so I’m very happy“, puts a boy into perspective. New teachers, bigger buildings, different schedules: it will take them a few days to get their bearings.