Back to School

回归学校

Photograph by Donald Mcleish, National Geographic Creative

照片由来自“国家地理创意”的唐纳德·麦克利什拍摄

A math teacher in Cairo, Egypt, works with his class of six students in 1922.

1992年，一位数学老师在埃及开罗教授他一个班的六个学生。

Much like the anticipation of the first flower blossoms of spring, around the world parents (perhaps mostly) and children eagerly await the return of school classes in fall.

仿佛期待春天花儿的第一抹绽放一般，世界各地的家长（或许大多数家长）和孩子们都在热切地等待秋季学校课堂的回归。

With new clothes and new school supplies, children return to classrooms with new optimism for another school year. And just as the spring flowers signal a transition from one season to another, back-to-school time signals a transition from vacation time to reading, writing, and arithmetic.

有了新衣服、新文具，孩子们带着对下学年的新期待回归教室。正如春天的花儿象征季节交替一般，回归学校的时间象征着从假期到阅读、写作和算数的过渡。

— Photo Gallery by Jessie Wender, Text by E. Ray Walker