Cleo Skye Anderson

Look what Kate made! It's a she. Isn't it spectacular?

She looks just like the wee her.

Then they hop into trucks and tractors filled with trees, shrubs and branches, and drive around town with their signs, terrorizing town-folk.

Then they burst through the front doors, stand on the steps and sing or dance a rehearsed number before charging the crowd, where families wait with roses and stuffed animals tied with long ribbons which they loop around their grad's neck.

My sister (Mattea) graduated yesterday. In Sweden, students can choose after the 9th grade to either major in a subject or to continue with the traditional curriculum, so each year 20-30 small classes graduate at one school. The classes take turns celebrating by, first, hanging out a window, singing and chanting, while friends and families watch, cheer and wave giant signs with their loved ones names and baby pictures on them...