How is the graduation held in different countries?

How to spend the graduation in America

Traditions celebrating the graduation ball in the US are well known to us from American youth comedies. Graduation in the US and Canada is called prom (short for promenade). In fact, prom is not a graduation "in its pure form", but a ball in honor of the end of the school year, which not only graduates can attend in some schools. But for graduates, this evening symbolizes farewell to the school. The organization of the ball is a special committee.

Long before the ball the students are looking for a couple, it canbe like one of the students, and the person "from the side." Some schools have an age restriction: you can not invite guests over 21 years of age. But some come alone or a company. At the ball, there is usually a formal dress code: boys come in black or white tuxedos, girls - in evening dresses (sometimes allowed and cocktail). Guys buy girls a boutonniere, which they attach to the dress.

The ball can take place both in school and inspecially rented room. Usually it is a buffet with dancing. Alcohol is banned, and often the director personally ensures that all participants in the ball are sober. At the end of the ball, the king and the queen are announced, which were selected by general school voting. Usually the titles of the king and queen go to graduates.

How to spend the graduation in Europe

Education systems in European countries vary considerably, and this also affects the tradition of celebrating the graduation. In the UK and Ireland The graduation ceremony is about the same as in the US, but in the UK it's called school formal, and in Ireland - grad (short for graduation - the end of the school) or debs (short for "debutante ball").

In the Austrian and Czech gymnasiums Hold the final exam before exams, usually in January or February (in the ball season). Prom (Maturaball / Maturitní ples) Is a formal event. Students can invite parents and other relatives to him. Sometimes several schools organize a joint ball.

In Germany celebrate graduation from school twice. An informal celebration is called Abifeier (Abi - this is an abbreviation from the German name of the certificate, Abitur, a feier Is a celebration). Usually pupils organize events, in which they play a friendly way about teachers.

And after the official release ceremony follows Abiball - graduation ball with formal dress code. By the way, in Germany at graduation you can drink alcohol, because the laws of the country allow drinking beer and wine since the age of 16, and many graduates already have 18 or more, the school in Germany ends rather late.

In Italy There is no official graduation ball, as such, graduates themselves organize an informal party called i cento giorni (one hundred days). It passes 100 days before the final exams in a place that they themselves choose. This is not a mass event: usually each class organizes a separate party.

How to spend the graduation in Asia

One might think that in the Asian countries they hold a graduation as something special, but the American tradition has taken root there too. Graduation in Israel, say, they are not much different from American ones. In Lebanon the graduation party is celebrated in the evening after the graduation ceremony at the hotel with a formal dress code, rented cars, a choice of the king and the queen of the ball.

In Malaysia graduates in the American model are becoming more popular, especially in big cities, but the graduates themselves organize the graduates themselves, the school administration does not take part in this. In Pakistan an analog of the prom. - a farewell dinner at the end of the school year.

In Japan the graduation ceremony is strict and formal - the line with the solemn speech of the director and the delivery of diplomas. Pupils should be in school uniform. No dresses, tuxedos and dances. A in China they say good-bye to the school in a peculiar way, throwing notebooks, diaries, pens out of the windows ...

In different countries, the graduation is held in different ways, but, nevertheless, it remains solemn and joyful event with a slight touch of sadness.