25 June 2011

Graduation


I do not, as a general rule, do this, but ... DS has now graduated from the local equivalent of High-School, and here are the pictures to prove it.

Getting the cap on Tuesday (when students pass their final test, the teacher who does the exam also gets to put the visible proof of passing on said student's head), after a well-deserved A.



Getting the diploma.

The cap he gets and wears is identical to the cap both his mother and his father ... and 3 out of 4 grandparents' got when they graduated 'Gymnasium' (and his maternal grandmother graduated in 1939, so ...). Not the same cap, mind you, just looks the same.



After the ceremony, all 262 new students (yes, that's how many graduated on Saturday, from this school), started "the drive". Going from home to home, visiting each for 10-20 minutes, and then driving on. By the time they arrived at our place, they had been going for 8 hours, and had already visited 15 different homes, and were - generally speaking - outrageously drunk. But well-behaved and delightful all the same.

So, for 15 minutes on Saturday evening, we had a yard full of students. And since we thought they might be cold after a day spent on an open wagon, we had hot chocolate as one of the things offered. It was recieved gratefully, and enjoyed thoroughly.


Oh, well. A mother is allowed to brag, and to be proud :-D

Consider it done.

8 comments:

Hanne said...

Gratulerer til Bjørn - og resten av hans familie :-)

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

Congratulations to both you and your son for a well deserved honor.

Mitt lille rosa syrom said...

Gratulerer til både mor og sønn :)

Lappesola said...

Gratulerer!

Rebecca said...

Catching up on blogs on a Sunday morning. So fun to see the Studenten pictures, I was an AFS student in Sweden 40+ years ago.
I agree about the cost/benefit of the Accucuts, and don't want to store them either.
If you have not read it, look for Switch, also by the Heath brothers--on making changes, and equally good.
My Lollypop Trees just came back from the quilter--two years of carry-along work! It is bright and gorgeous.
Becky
Rebecca955@aol.com

sara velder said...

Congrats to your son and family!
Looks like he was having fun!

Elly D said...

Congratulations to your son and to you :) You must be so proud and rightfully so. Hugs Elly. ps he is also a very handsome young man ;)

Loretta said...

Congrats to you and your son. Fun to see the pictures of the festivities.