euronews learning world - Finland: First in Class

[TheAliceinFinland]

saisimpa mäki pirtelöö aamupalaks :D

[westbohan]

so stupid and humiliating... vittu mitä paskaa

[Double17L]

Yeahhh, that dude looks sooo fucking excited... 3:02

[ponhaus]

How are the teachers chosen? college grades? recommendations?

[abacab54321]

@ponhaus All the teachers have a master's degree. That goes at least some of the way to ensure that landing on a teaching job takes both motivation and effort, as well as a fair amount of substantive mastery. Universities also have the applicants to their departments of education screened quite carefully in the admission process.

[kieliopas]

One thing: kids don't stay with the same teacher and classroom for 6 years. Usually kids are in a same class with the same teacher for 3 years.

[pivotablechunk0]

@kieliopas i know

[VerityVulpes]

@kieliopas Not where I come from O_o

[FullMetalMullet]

We got the worlds top education system and it's free!! Suck that rest of the world. lol

[phantomsuccour]

@FullMetalMullet It's free!!! :-( you are so lucky

[TheSoundjataKeita]

@FullMetalMullet , what do you mean it's free ? You don't pay a dime for your education ? How is that ?

[FullMetalMullet]

@TheSoundjataKeita Education in Finland is included in taxes. So, tax payers pay for it. No matter how poor you are you can still get educated.

[JohQx3]

@TheSoundjataKeita Taxes are high, and there isn't any super-rich Finns (like multi-billionaires). On the other hand, education, health care etc. are free and guaranteed to everyone. Its good that ones life isn't determined by the wealth of his family, but how hard-working you are. I have a friend, whose parents are practicly working at McDonald's, but he's studying in medical University and will become a doctor.

[TheSoundjataKeita]

@JohQx3 loll Are you fuc...ing kidding me ? parents work for Mc Do and their son is becoming a doctor ? How cost the ticket to get there ? that is something very hard to believe from where Iam living... Do you have more unusual stories like that ? I told my wife that in FInland we could afford to put our kids in University even if we are working for McDonald's she didin't even listen to me,thinking Iam getting nuts or something,this's amazing !

[JohQx3]

@TheSoundjataKeita That's the key thing. Universities are paid by taxes, so there's no tuition fees, and books can be lended from libraries (or you can buy them, but since I need certain books for so little time, I rather lend them). But as most of the public sector services are paid by the taxes, they are fairly high. On the other hand, it's practicly impossible to fall into rock-bottom (like lose a home or something like that), as social services are in good shape.

[gooddarkjedi]

voi vittu. ei ole mittään ärsytävämpää kuin aamun avaus jonkun papin kanssa.

[MrAmokz]

@gooddarkjedi

Vielä vittumaisempaa on se että Suomi aina sijoitetaan skandinaviaan.

[sahiblindberg]

@MrAmokz nimenomaa! POHJOISMAAT! EI SKANDINAVIA!!!!! .... Ruotsi, Norja ja Tanska on skandinavia...

[somberlight]

@gooddarkjedi, vielä pahempi oli muistaakseni mukahauska opettaja, jolla oli pitkä tarina joka ei loppujenlopuksi edenny mihkää. papin hommelit meni sentään kaavojen mukaan.

[SKHSirNicolas]

I have one question: How much does the Finnish government spend on education in relation to the country´s GDP?

[vitunkyrp]

@SKHSirNicolas

6,4%

[AlsatianCousin]

@SKHSirNicolas - 6.42% (2004)

[SKHSirNicolas]

@AlsatianCousin Thanks!

[vanguyetu]

@SKHSirNicolas Not really much

[TheZachh]

GO FINLAND! Toinen syy, miksi Suomen koulut ovat parempia, koska ne ovat ilmaisia!

[barbelotta]

Europa FTW.

[Saukko31]

There is a reason why it is called Winland. :)