101-year-old Californian was awarded a college diploma: he had been waiting for this for 80 years

Fred Taylor, 101, from California, was assigned to the Army Aviation Reserve during World War II. Because of this, he missed graduation and his graduation. After 80 years, the man's dream came true, according to GMA. As a result of military...

Virtual graduation: how students in self-isolation received diplomas with the help of robots

Students at Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo were deprived of the opportunity to conduct traditional graduation due to the coronavirus pandemic, but they managed to gain a unique experience by holding a virtual graduation, writes Business Insider. Using Newme mobile robots with tablets to make calls with Zoom, ...

Bloody graduation: in Philadelphia, unknown persons opened fire on the crowd

At a graduation party in a park in southwest Philadelphia, one person was killed and five others were wounded. The incident occurred after 10 pm on Sunday 16 June. According to detectives, a 24-year-old man was wounded in the back, he died after his ...

The killer of a Russian teenager in the US was given the maximum term

Artyom and his comrade were killed on the eve of their high school prom in a suburb of Washington. The man charged in January 2018 with the murder of two schoolchildren in Maryland on the night before prom night was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday July 31 ...

The policeman who took delivery of the boy 18 years ago surprised him at the school graduation

18 years after the birth of Thomas Robert Debois on the side of a highway in Maryland, the policeman who took him in childbirth surprised him at the prom. “Before the ceremony, they gathered all of us in the gymnasium, and one of my teachers came up to me and said that ...

In Wisconsin, police praised students for "best prank"

In Cumberland, Wisconsin, police praised high school graduates for "the best prank" they've ever seen, writes CBS News. The police arrived to investigate the site of a terrible accident - the car broke through the wall and entered the headmaster's office with its front part. But the accident ...

An American woman came to graduation in a coffin. VIDEO

In New Jersey, a high school student who dreams of becoming the director of a funeral service salon surprised her classmates with her spectacular prom appearance. The New York Post tells about it. Megan Flaherty said she wanted to have fun attending her prom at Pennsauken High ...

How much does school graduation cost in the USA

Chicagotribune.com is interested in the cost of a US high school prom. The journalists have calculated the total costs for this event. The estimate included the cost of clothing, transport, tickets, food, photographs. In 2013, an American family spent an average of $ 1139 on prom. In 2014 already ...

Obama has promised to cry at the prom daughter

Obama said he turned down an offer to speak at his daughter's high school graduation because he was too emotional. “Malia’s school asked if I wanted to give a speech, but I refused. I'm going to wear sunglasses... and I'm going to cry," he said...

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