Customs and traditions 1) If a child is enrolled in the first class at a German elementary school, the parents give the child to formal enrollment: a satchel, a "sugar cube", writing materialsa bicycle, a soccer ball, a stuffed animalnothing at all 2) What happens if one child of the class is having birthday? Sometimes the class is singing for the "birthday boy/girl". The birthday boy/girl brings something sweet for the other children.Nothing, because this is embarrassing.All day the "birthday boy/girl" is being annoyed.