The Graduation. it's the day with the big G. The day when we are finally free from many years of homework, trials and early mornings. But how do different countries look at the day? Here you'll get the answer:

The graduation day is a big day for all students in Sweden. You start in the morning with the traditional ”champagne breakfast”. It consist of champagne and strawberries that you eat with your classmates. One thing that is quite unique for Sweden is that all pupils that have been at Upper Secondary School for three years get their graduation. It doesn't matter if all their grades are F. No trials have to be done to prove that they have earned an education. On the graduation day, the girls normally dress themselves in white. the boys wear a handsome black suit. On their heads they have a special hat, ”the student hat”, it is white and black. After getting their final grades, tractors with trailers decorated with twigs of birch and balloons are waiting for the the happy students. They get up on the trailer and drive through the city so everyone can see and hear them. Later in the afternoon there is a party at home with food and presents. In France it's different. On the graduation day there are two tests you have to do to prove that you have earned a graduation. One oral test and one written test. If you fail in one of the tests, you don't get your graduation diploma. Then you have to go one more year at the school and hope for better luck that year. Since all students really want their graduation, they are studying hard the entire last year. They always feel the pressure of being the best from the teachers and comparisons between pupils are not unusual. In their spare time, most of the time goes toward homework. If they pass the tests on the graduation day,the students go home to their families and hopefully eat a tasty dinner. But there is no party.