Public education is taken very seriously here in Sweden (unlike the States, where schools without high tax revenues are underfunded), and much ado is made each Spring when students graduate.
It's a Swedish tradition for the graduating seniors to march around the downtown carrying signs displaying photos of themselves as young kids.
Some were also bearing beers, which was all part of the fun.
I prefer this tradition to the generally tedious, formal graduation ceremonies in the States.
After the parade, the students host parties for friends and family. In the evening, the kids, still in full regalia, are driven around the commune in older vehicles--flatbed trucks--by parents. This solves the perennial problem of teenage drunken driving.
That's 2-year old Daniel Goloubev, aka, Lil' G, in the poster with the stuffed yellow bear.
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i would suggest u to not write so long .people won't even bother to read
that's fine with me. i'm not aiming for young children or readers with short attention spans.
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