Graduation Process Begins

Being that I am in Sa3a, I am going to be graduating this year. I talked to my classmates about graduation and what happens. One of my friends looked at me and smiled. She knew that I had no idea about what happens before, during, or after graduation, what is needed for graduation, and what the normal Swedish traditions were. All she had to do was pull out her phone and she showed me a video. I watched as numerous Swedes stood on a truck, they screamed, they blew whistles, they danced, they sang, they drank, and they were happy as hell. I knew that coming to Sweden was going to be amazing.

 

The only reason that I asked her what happens was because I received a message saying I had to be in the Pink House near the school to be fitted for a graduation hat. I thought of the American style of caps that we wear to our graduations. I was totally wrong. They look like sailor hats, which both guys and girls wear them. There is no difference between the hats in how they are standardly. But you can change the color of the writing, the strip around the hat, the diamond on the front, and if you want a symbol on the top of the hat.



At graduation, girls wear a white dress, it can vary on how it looks, but it always is the same color. Guys usually wear a dark colored suit. It is thought they are supposed to look like sailors. It is pretty cool how they celebrate their graduations. I am more than excited to go and graduate with the Swedes. I think that graduating with them and experiencing what they are used to, will be a blast and a half.