“I have driven to school by tractor ever since I got a tractor licence - that is, since I was 15.
The tractor is new, it has a set speed control and a stereo. The top speed is 50 kilometres an hour.
Sometimes on a rainy day I might pick up a friend, so they don’t have to take a scooter.
Many kids in our high school and upper secondary school go to school by tractor. I would almost say that there are more girls driving tractors than boys.
Nobody has a tractor just to go to school, everyone has a farm where the tractor is needed.
In a month I turn 18, and then I won’t use the tractor any more.”
Helsingin Sanomat / First published in print 29.8.2011
