As a tradition, first-graders in Germany get from their parents a cornet filled with sweets for their first day at school. Photo: picture-alliance / dpa

(dpa) – The first graders proudly pose with their school cornets on their first day at school in Magdeburg, Germany, 23 August 2003. As a tradition, first-graders in Germany get from their parents a cornet filled with sweets for their first day at school.