Finland and most surrounding countries have non-fluoridated municipal water supplies which means most people living there have a normal brain and have the ability to learn normally.
@HinFoo Actually, there are quite a lot of Muslims in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Religion isn't really an issue in Finland, People don't talk about it often and don't really care what religion other people follow. finland's a lot more accepting of other cultures than most other countries in the world such as the United States. :)
@jessie245 I did not know that Finland is more accepting than in the United States. Where do you get this information from? You've been there before or something. Just curious :)
I also like the fact that people in Finland go into more practical and useful-to-society careers such as engineering than in management and law.
@malkmusjick He didn't have the same education system as the kids. And like the story showed: Not everybody has to be best in all the subjects. He was probably never the best in his English classes... but so what?
So can't work as a head master, in his own language?(!)
maybe you can teach your young people how to have basic social skills and not commit suicide. And score goals so they stop losing 8-1 to Canada in the juniors
@BabolatWoohoo Romania could have the best system, totally indifferent, cause people are stupider, they don't want to work or learn. BTW the history, you learn is a joke.
@BabolatWoohoo I heard a news about muslim raping and trying to kill ALL Finnish women.Please update me, what’s happening, I’m really concerned, are the police doing something?Arresting the bad muslims?theyre taking all over your country.I’m really bothered, I cant find any good news about Finnish women, like they are being took care of?What are Finnish man/boys doing to protect their women from this muslim? Are they defending them? What is the govt doing to stop immigration
Propaganda. As a native finnish resident i can say that some of it is true but the educational system and health care are as much of a joke as it is elsewhere.
truth you will not learn about Finland than if you live in this country. I have an experience of 3 years, and will say it is the worst possible country, racists, people cold and wild, uneducated, drunks and drug addicts from all over .... if you in Finland? Better not
In Finland those students who do especially well in some subjects like sports for example do not get the special attention they need. Because of this there is so few great Finnish talents out in the world.
@istiiizzz LOL. I'd love to visit Dubai and I hope I some day will... Until then I just have to imagine it. Next summer there will be over 100 c temperatures in Finland and people can boil eggs in their mouths. Finally.
@theworldvideos1 Thanks for the reply ... sorry I didn't say anything when you first replied, but I hadn't been back to this video since I wrote my question.
the school where i g to in United states is one of bestt in the country (it is high school). But i noticed something very different, when i was living in germany for a couple of years, students over there, including me, were dedicated in school and most of them completed their homework. But here in America, kids are too distracted with their cellphones, Tv's and sports activities to even do their homework.
@brothachiken023 I stopped doing my homework when I was like 13 years old and I did fine with school. I think majority of students here in Finland don't do their homework anymore. Or if they do, they do them only to avoid punishment.
@19EHF MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN FINN ARE WHITE! THATS WHY THEY DO SO GOOD, FK SO CALLED, MULTI-CULTURALISM! FLOODING EUROPE WITH 3RD WORLDERS WILL DO NOTHING BUT CREATE PROBLEMS, WHY DO THAT TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN, EUROPEANS? THATS JUST PLAIN STUPID!
@salsa10cubana I heard a news about muslim raping and trying to kill ALL Finnish women.Please update me, what’s happening, I’m really concerned, are the police doing something?Arresting the bad muslims?theyre taking all over your country.I’m really bothered, I cant find any good news about Finnish women, like they are being took care of?What are Finnish man/boys doing to protect their women from this muslim? Are they defending them? What is the govt doing to stop immigration
@MsSpock1701 We are forced to learn the basics but most of us can't remember a word after a while and don't ever need swedish. Mandatory swedish is a big issue here in Finland.
@tontsa911, no its not. it's made a big issue, when its in fact a non-issue. you simply cannot expect everything to be precise and full of relevance later in your life. You might have use for it or you might not, that's just how things are. after all, some or most of "ysiluokkalaisista" have no earthly idea what they're going to do after they "grow up". do they know what is relevant in THEIR life?
@somberlight Your comment makes no sense. Using your logic, we should all be learning archeology and building houses, you never know if you need those skills :P If they really want us to learn two foreign languges (one is hard enough for some people), spanish would be a great choice. But english is more than enough.
@tontsa911,im only returning what i see, bro. you don't even pretend to have a point so i'm not obliged to either. and don't worry, the taxes i pay will cover for your unemployment-benefits. i didn't know someone would actually volunteer to be the inferior element in the workforce, but if that's yer call, by all means, go ahead.
@tontsa911 and that's supposed to be a convincing argument to support your view? you're supposed to prove your own point first. let me demonstrate: i didn't have to have a mortgage loan to get the house l now live in, all thanks to me knowing enough swedish to make my client's relaxed and comfortable. now, let me ask you again, how is swedish an issue?
the most important factor is class to size ratio, after that it's lack of unintegrated/low IQ immigrants. but what good is finns being so educated when youth unemployment is twice what it is in germany, these grads are not about to become self-employed internet entrepreneurs..
Hmm yeah in finland we students are equal and those who need more help get it without big fuss.. Only problem i guess are that kids can be mean to each others sometimes )):
I feel awfull that i can speak only 3 languages.. But i might start 4th sime day! Im just not so talented in thoseD: But luckily knowing finnish helps understand estonian and swedish to norwegian and danish..:)
i'm japanese and just envy it. i'm practicing judo and here in japan, you can answer "yes" only. all comments except "yes" are treated by "excuses" lol
See here in America we should be playing to our strengths. Is American English the international language? Then why waste time teaching American students French and Spanish? Does America have a widening divide between the rich and poor? Then we need to treat education the same. Gifted students should have a superior education. It's more cost effective than trying to waste resources trying to achieve a national baseline that's below average anyway.
@jsmith224455 " " It's not a waste to learn other languages, think about the great books and writers you could read in their native language. Also, you could travel and enjoy those cultures in a richier way. I'm glad I had the chance to learn English, so I could read a great deal of books, I'm also glad to had the chance to learn Spanish, I am looking forward to learn French. Knowlegde will always be useful, you never know when you could use it.
@0onah True. Stop living in denial. Europe is a dangerous place to be in atm if you're muslim, black, brown, hindu, indian....basically anything except white
@shotsky94 Yup, every Finn is a racist. Its hilarious when geographical border determines are you a racist or not. You are being racist by saying ''Finns are racists'', thats like saying ''Blacks are thieves''. Grow up.
@shotsky94 Denial? I think id be aware if everyone around me would be a racist. Are you schizophrenic or something? Of course some people are racist, but thats the case in every country. By generalizing it you make yourself look like a fool.
@shotsky94 Aww...No, it isnt. Scandinavia isnt a group of countries, its geographical territory. Only Northest parts of Finland are part of Scandinavia but way more than 50% isnt. But if one wants to think Scandinavia as group of countries itd be: Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
Love being a finn. I love our school, it's teachers and everyone in it. The great difference to some countries is, that in Finland the teachers and pupils have a very close bond.
I wish I was born in Finland, even though I was privately educated at a good high school in the US, it cost my parents $8,000/year, in Finland it is free. On top of that I can only speak one other language fluently, Japanese, while they can speak 3-4 different languages fluently.
@summer28 I'm not as much of a social democrat as Europeans are. European welfare states are nice and all but I just don't think they are practical over here. The US political structure is very decentralized compared to European countries. As for our 2 party system, that has to do with our winner take all style of elections, there is no proportional representation here, so third parties are always going to lose. Most people don't see the point in voting for 3rd parties.
UH Oh shithead BBC are onto it? That's the worst that can happen. They'll probably push diversity and other religins down Finland now. That's all BBC can do.
@summer28 Having one central language would help but there is no proof that segregating students based on the color of their skin would increase the quality of education, if anything that discourages teamwork with other ethnic groups. How are Social Security and Universal Healthcare related to the quality of education at all?, these are different issues. The difference with Finland and the U.S. is that the Finnish have a fiscal budget, the U.S. does not, thats why S.S. and U.H. are unaffordable.
@summer28 Good comment, and very true, but this makes even more of an argument for a system like Finalnd's. Create a nationally standardized system that emphasizes local/community schooling. It's the SYSTEM that's working in Finland - cooperative teaching, high teacher-to-student ratio, and high community and parent involvement. That's the system that works, and it will work in any socioeconomic group.
@Tarenaccount You are right, some students study many languages. I'm studying Japanese at the moment : ). But this video gives a picture that most Finnish students can speak 3 or 4 languages, which I don't think is true at all.
Finns don't really study foreign languages much, as it is said in this video. Most Finns can speak fairly good English and very poor Swedish, I think.
Just accept it - the system in Finland is really good for education, something seems to be working. It is not uncommon to meet people who speak four or five languages. Tax is high but the money is well spent on childcare, education and social health services, whether you are rich or poor is irrelevant if you have the intelligence for an extended education you get it without bankrupting the family finances.
Fair distribution of wealth is the key - progressive taxing and redirecting the profit to education, healthcare and other social standards which will eventually produce more tax payers. Finland obviously benefits from high resource in comparison to amount of population, but this does not mean the same system could not be applied in much larger countries. No country is perfect.
setting aside science and math, I would like to know how people are learning so many languages (and so well!) especially with less time in school relative to other places! I wish I had learned more languages when I was younger, but there were basically no opportunities until I was already jr. high age (living in the US.)
Haha im so proud to be a finn. Unlike those stupid americans who vote fo Sarah Palin and Bush. Our 3th graders more intelligent than American adults. Your the most stupidest and fattest country in the world
@alliswow If you Finns are so smart name me some famous Finns,i can name tons of American inventors but i do not know of any finnish inventors,please enlighten me oh wise one....
Try and remember those Americans that you despise saved your country in the second world war....
@TheKaos007 Well hmm your argument is pretty fucking stupid. In America there are 500 times more peple so of course theyre gonna be some inventors there:D And you americans didnt save shit in world war 2. We were fighting against a nation that had over ten times the army than we had, still we fought back and remained succesful. Ironicly the russians kinda saved our ass from hitler but then they made peace with us cause they simply took too much casualites.
@TheKaos007 And i wouldnt brag with anything that youve one in the past because youre the main reason the world is a fucked up place so gtfo and kill yourself and your nation
@TheKaos007 Well i you'd came to Finland youd understand our alchohol culture. Lot of people are absolutists here and some people drink when they celebrate something. And i lived in the States when i was younger, i lived in Boston back then. All i can say is that our 5th graders r more smart than your high school graduates. fifth of americans dont even know where their own country is located.
@alliswow Actually i lived in Finland for about 2 years worked on a farm in Koupio and partied hard in Helsinki used to drink stuff i believe it was gin and some juice that already came pre-mixed in a green bottle....
Used to love that overnight boat trip to Sweden on Silia lines ....
Education is not all that thing it is cracked up to be ,research on self-made millionaires a large percentage of them had no better than a high school education..
@TheKaos007 Hmm. the thing is that its retarded to even compare US to finland you should compare yourselves to russians or something. The dude that owns Idea Park in finland indeed was a dropout but seriously, i was in america last summer seeing our friends. Half of theyre friends thought Europe was a country. Plus US is a religious country which exlpains a lot....
@alliswow I tried to have a intelligent conversation with you and it is impossible what has a religious country got to do with anything you fucking idiot...
BTW for someone who thinks he is smart you need to learn to spell and use grammar properly?
@TheKaos007 You ignorant american.English isnt my first language so why dont you go fuck yourself. Amerians expect that people should be as good as them speaking english?Well heres a newsflash, thats a foreign language to us!!And you asked about religion?:DWell my point was that religion is the most retarded thing in the world and it controls your nation.People believe that the world is 4000 years old and dinosaurs were our pets?!!!Suck it up and face it..Americans are the plague of this world.
@TheKaos007 and btw..is there any alcoholism and suicides in usa:)?you just got it all,itelligent people,empty prisons,common sense and not too much biblenumskulls and no racism:)what a dreamy land to live lets go everybody and move to the greatest country in world:)JEJ!!!!
@TheKaos007 who is everybody?mexicans:) and only reason why they want move there because they have not hear that there is many better countrys:)like finland,sweden,norway,denmark...so face the truth about your kind.you are just jaleous because we have everything better:) and btw everywhere we go we are welcome but when you say that you are american in foreign country,people knows that you are asswipe;)
@TheKaos007 The American school system sucks... This is not what I think but, facts. You see you are doing it as well! You try to put people down just because they might not be able to speak English as well as you. This is why America is such a fail; because people always want to be better than the one standing next to them. When living in America there is no help to be found, just battles.
@TheKaos007 "The most powerful nation"? Haha. I will agree with that USA was the most powerful nation in the 1950's to about 1980, but from there on you guys stopped. I don't know what happened but you just stopped. Today USA is so far behind in many areas, main one being modern energy. Others include your power gird; wires hanging over the streets and so on. Also your roads suck. The products found in America are shit because they are “Made in China”. China is your boss! Suck it bitch!
@TheKaos007 o and btw again,nicely done to try insult me by saying my english aint good enough..is that really best what you can do?so sad:)did i get under your skin you little teabagger;)?you really are jackass who does not see how much usa got things to fix.you legalsystem is globewide joke,your healthcare sucks,your country has taken more and more loans to survive and keep that american dream alive:)and your only joy is to come and try to insult us:)so sad...
@TheKaos007AAAAAWWWW did i poke a sore spot...teabagger;)? so two comments about my english?no sir,you are the one who is stupid here;)do us a favour and go mcdonalds,grab a burger,go watch some quality american tv shows like DR PHIL and OPRAH:) praise the lord and pass the ammunition.......god bless usa...
@TheKaos007 awww its so cute when you cant say anything else:)yep next time you really should know about thing or two another country before you start yapping like a little girl;)peace out asswipe and keep on that nice attitude..
@werm000nt Regardless of what you think it's a fact,we have a huge waiting list of educated people who want to live in America,unlike Finland which has a huge list of muslims and Africans wanting to live in Finland.
@TheKaos007 and just btw, you should stop insulting the english of these people commenting here. When your first language in Finnish, it is way harder to learn English than for many other people. Finnish doesn't derive from the same roots. In Finland people also learn very often over 3 languages, so you shouldn't be judging the Finnish language education system. And just btw, ho the f can you say if somebody is good or bad in English by talking to them through the Internet?
@rakkipallo auts..you are so mean:)yeah your 2 year old kid maybe can speak better english but when he/she is 16 years,he/she gonna have same education level than our 9years old kids:)o and btw,biggest reason why people want to move there is that they see false usa in tv..when they get there you treat them like cancer..well done,first allmost kill one race,then make another slave and rest of them youy just hate:)
@TheKaos007 you keep telling me how "everyone" wants to move there but you dont give me any reasons why.so now its time to give me reasons and that good old usa propaganda:).if you can..o and you say u lived here 2years,i say bullshit.anyway standup for your country and say more than your english sucks or noboby wants to move finland..and btw people want move here so bad that we have to start control immigration.sweden has same problem.so maybe you should do some homework..
@rakkipallo I do not have to give you reasons facts are enough we have a huge waiting list of people wanting to immigrate to America and not uneducated violent muslims and Africans who want to go to your shithole ...
I lived in Helsinki and Kuopio and use to travel every weekend back and forth on the Silia lines boat so unlike you i have some experience when i talk about your country.
@TheKaos007 so you cant say any reason why anyone wants to move there.maybe it is so cause you dont find any reasons;)yeah usa maybe were great nation once (1950`s) but not anymore.huge amount homeless,criminal rates going trough to roof,healthcare..joke,legalsystem...joke.intelligence rates dropping like shit..yeap...good ol usa
@TheKaos007 Just because a lot of people are doing something, it don't make it a great effin' idea. Like, for example, voting for Bush 2 times in a row. I guess that's what happens when your country's educational system is in the shitter, the whole system is corrupt, and you have turned your country into a 3rd world level hellhole. Land of the free, except european citizens have way more freedom than you do.
Suprising to find an ignorant blowhard from the great US of A. That never happens... ;)
@75samuel75 How come European citizens want to move to America?
I don't know of any Americans applying to live in Europe..
BTW is this the Europe that is almost bankrupt countries like Greece,Ireland,Spain,England,Portugal and France have no money so they have to make cuts,which is causing rioting on the streets.
@TheKaos007 There's propably zero American people who actually knows where Finland is. :D And also the fact that you are feeling superior to others because you were born somewhere just makes you a fucking sad person. You had nothing to do with anything great that ever happened in your country.
@TheKaos007 America just hit its debt limit.....we only have 11 more week till we default on our debt unless the politicians work out some type of deal. The Nordic countries are pretty financially stable, they realize that if they want extensive government programs they're going to need high taxes to pay for them. In America people want there favorite government programs but don't want higher taxes. You can't have it both ways.
@TheKaos007 Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are pretty popular and any talk of cutting or reforming them in anyway is pretty much political suicide.
@TheKaos007 Actually Finland has become a country of net immigration rather than emigration. So have most other European countries. In fact immigration has become a very controversial issue in Europe.
@TheKaos007 first,you shuold understand that all great "americans" are from finland,sweden,germany etc...:)and second,real americans are indians and you sir are one of those biblegrabbing,derböderbö teabagger who tries to make usa look cool:)just face it dude,your country does not work,your way to handle things are like communism,nice idea but works only in theory..
@alliswow You sound as stupid as a lot of Americans I know, Obesity is a problem for all developed countries. If you look at data most developed countries have a high percentage of overweight/obese people. That is one symptom of living in an affluent society.
Respect .
AliceBunnyGurl 1 day ago
I wish Brazil was like Suomi...snowy, full of polite and intelligent people (not to mention beautiful) and a more corruptionless country :(
OzumaRukasu 2 days ago
congrats finland you suck
yasensoa 5 days ago
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Finland and most surrounding countries have non-fluoridated municipal water supplies which means most people living there have a normal brain and have the ability to learn normally.
titaniumtube 1 week ago
must be because there is no muslims there.
HinFoo 1 month ago
@HinFoo Actually, there are quite a lot of Muslims in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Religion isn't really an issue in Finland, People don't talk about it often and don't really care what religion other people follow. finland's a lot more accepting of other cultures than most other countries in the world such as the United States. :)
jessie245 1 month ago
@jessie245 I did not know that Finland is more accepting than in the United States. Where do you get this information from? You've been there before or something. Just curious :)
I also like the fact that people in Finland go into more practical and useful-to-society careers such as engineering than in management and law.
neophytetroll 3 weeks ago
i live in USA and people from Finland speak english better than here..
FTattack 1 month ago 5
3:43 Hes the head teacher ? he can barely speak english hahahaha.
malkmusjick 1 month ago
@malkmusjick He didn't have the same education system as the kids. And like the story showed: Not everybody has to be best in all the subjects. He was probably never the best in his English classes... but so what?
So can't work as a head master, in his own language?(!)
timomastosalo 1 month ago
US education sucks.
Charlie12241 1 month ago
i was also watching a vid on the south korean system...clearly the finns are getting great results w/o much of the stress.
zabbok 1 month ago
the only goverment in the world who really care about their citizens...i wish i was born in finland...the best country in the world
nirlutati1 2 months ago
Ojala algun dia esto llegue a Puerto Rico
arroyoandrews 2 months ago
maybe you can teach your young people how to have basic social skills and not commit suicide. And score goals so they stop losing 8-1 to Canada in the juniors
jaimegriffin 2 months ago
@jaimegriffin wth :D
sakuramankai94 2 months ago
trust me Romania has the worst education system in the world! im from Romania so I am talking from experience.
Thats way I admire so mouch Finland's system. Finland really impressed me!
BabolatWoohoo 2 months ago 7
@BabolatWoohoo Romania could have the best system, totally indifferent, cause people are stupider, they don't want to work or learn. BTW the history, you learn is a joke.
Vincenzo19901218 2 months ago
@BabolatWoohoo Here in Brazil, education is terrible and communist's monopoly.
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@BabolatWoohoo I heard a news about muslim raping and trying to kill ALL Finnish women.Please update me, what’s happening, I’m really concerned, are the police doing something?Arresting the bad muslims?theyre taking all over your country.I’m really bothered, I cant find any good news about Finnish women, like they are being took care of?What are Finnish man/boys doing to protect their women from this muslim? Are they defending them? What is the govt doing to stop immigration
stunnerrocker 3 weeks ago
@tomcat624u
Obvious troll is obvious
homermage09 3 months ago
why can't american schools be like this
Jurassicparkrules96 3 months ago 4
Propaganda. As a native finnish resident i can say that some of it is true but the educational system and health care are as much of a joke as it is elsewhere.
MrSupercluster 3 months ago
actually the multiple language thing isn't that suprising since I mean this IS europe...
snotberg123 3 months ago
this looks like californian school(but most californian schoolshave whiteboards)
EpicAwesomness100 3 months ago
@bewere007 now that is racist
1cocoman 3 months ago
geez you suomalaiset are so stinking fiksu!!! I loved living Suomessa i had a friend friend Jenni who knows 7 languages!!!
averydi 3 months ago 4
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truth you will not learn about Finland than if you live in this country. I have an experience of 3 years, and will say it is the worst possible country, racists, people cold and wild, uneducated, drunks and drug addicts from all over .... if you in Finland? Better not
bewere007 4 months ago
I prefer homeschooling. Get education at home before go to university (also lots social activities).
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In Finland those students who do especially well in some subjects like sports for example do not get the special attention they need. Because of this there is so few great Finnish talents out in the world.
Hanufan 4 months ago
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Hanufan 4 months ago
What do you Finns think of grammar schools?
justnotcricket 4 months ago
because in finland, where it is -50 degrees celcius all the year, there is nothing to do outside
istiiizzz 4 months ago
@istiiizzz That's not true, it's +50 degrees Celsius half of the year. And there's plenty to do, we have both rock and roll music here, for example.
dumbyeah 4 months ago
@dumbyeah +50 degrees celsius in Finland ? is the weather there like in Dubai ? ok i was jocking i know there are lot of funny things to do there
like ''BOTH rock AND roll music'', for example
lol
istiiizzz 4 months ago
@istiiizzz LOL. I'd love to visit Dubai and I hope I some day will... Until then I just have to imagine it. Next summer there will be over 100 c temperatures in Finland and people can boil eggs in their mouths. Finally.
dumbyeah 4 months ago
@dumbyeah ???
istiiizzz 4 months ago
@istiiizzz yeah because study in a sunny day is such a waste of time.
emperor262626 2 months ago
@emperor262626 wth ????
istiiizzz 2 months ago
@istiiizzz
Nonsense! I go swimming in the lake nearby with my friends almost every day when it's -50'C.
UnclePutte 1 month ago
im so jealous
any1020 4 months ago 2
I'm wondering how you were able to download this from the BBC website? I tried to do so myself, but couldn't figure out how. Any tips?
tclim988 5 months ago
@tclim988 Stream Transport, a free software that can be downloaded from the internet !!
theworldvideos1 5 months ago
@theworldvideos1 Thanks for the reply ... sorry I didn't say anything when you first replied, but I hadn't been back to this video since I wrote my question.
tclim988 1 month ago
the school where i g to in United states is one of bestt in the country (it is high school). But i noticed something very different, when i was living in germany for a couple of years, students over there, including me, were dedicated in school and most of them completed their homework. But here in America, kids are too distracted with their cellphones, Tv's and sports activities to even do their homework.
brothachiken023 5 months ago
@brothachiken023 I stopped doing my homework when I was like 13 years old and I did fine with school. I think majority of students here in Finland don't do their homework anymore. Or if they do, they do them only to avoid punishment.
tontsa911 5 months ago
Congratulations, Finland. Your education system is just what I desire for Spain
salsa10cubana 5 months ago 35
@salsa10cubana What I desire for the United States
19EHF 4 months ago
The U.S. could take an example from Finland, maybe then our drop out rate wouldnt be so high
19EHF 4 months ago 2
@19EHF MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN FINN ARE WHITE! THATS WHY THEY DO SO GOOD, FK SO CALLED, MULTI-CULTURALISM! FLOODING EUROPE WITH 3RD WORLDERS WILL DO NOTHING BUT CREATE PROBLEMS, WHY DO THAT TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN, EUROPEANS? THATS JUST PLAIN STUPID!
tomcat624u 3 months ago
@salsa10cubana and America too!~
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@salsa10cubana I heard a news about muslim raping and trying to kill ALL Finnish women.Please update me, what’s happening, I’m really concerned, are the police doing something?Arresting the bad muslims?theyre taking all over your country.I’m really bothered, I cant find any good news about Finnish women, like they are being took care of?What are Finnish man/boys doing to protect their women from this muslim? Are they defending them? What is the govt doing to stop immigration
stunnerrocker 3 weeks ago
do you not learn swedsh in finland.
MsSpock1701 5 months ago
@MsSpock1701 We are forced to learn the basics but most of us can't remember a word after a while and don't ever need swedish. Mandatory swedish is a big issue here in Finland.
tontsa911 5 months ago
@tontsa911, no its not. it's made a big issue, when its in fact a non-issue. you simply cannot expect everything to be precise and full of relevance later in your life. You might have use for it or you might not, that's just how things are. after all, some or most of "ysiluokkalaisista" have no earthly idea what they're going to do after they "grow up". do they know what is relevant in THEIR life?
somberlight 4 months ago
@somberlight Your comment makes no sense. Using your logic, we should all be learning archeology and building houses, you never know if you need those skills :P If they really want us to learn two foreign languges (one is hard enough for some people), spanish would be a great choice. But english is more than enough.
tontsa911 4 months ago
@tontsa911 how old are you really?
somberlight 4 months ago
@somberlight Out of arguments already? I'm 20, and you?
tontsa911 4 months ago
@tontsa911,im only returning what i see, bro. you don't even pretend to have a point so i'm not obliged to either. and don't worry, the taxes i pay will cover for your unemployment-benefits. i didn't know someone would actually volunteer to be the inferior element in the workforce, but if that's yer call, by all means, go ahead.
somberlight 4 months ago
@somberlight My point (the fact) is: mandatory swedish is a big issue in this land and there is not a SINGLE proper reason for it.
Oh and thanks for the tax money though I have no idea what it has to do with anything :)
tontsa911 4 months ago
@tontsa911 and that's supposed to be a convincing argument to support your view? you're supposed to prove your own point first. let me demonstrate: i didn't have to have a mortgage loan to get the house l now live in, all thanks to me knowing enough swedish to make my client's relaxed and comfortable. now, let me ask you again, how is swedish an issue?
somberlight 4 months ago
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It would be my dream to call me teacher by their first name :\
CashiusTML 5 months ago
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caohanlu 6 months ago
the most important factor is class to size ratio, after that it's lack of unintegrated/low IQ immigrants. but what good is finns being so educated when youth unemployment is twice what it is in germany, these grads are not about to become self-employed internet entrepreneurs..
maximummask 6 months ago
Hmm yeah in finland we students are equal and those who need more help get it without big fuss.. Only problem i guess are that kids can be mean to each others sometimes )):
I feel awfull that i can speak only 3 languages.. But i might start 4th sime day! Im just not so talented in thoseD: But luckily knowing finnish helps understand estonian and swedish to norwegian and danish..:)
greeenrain 6 months ago
The biggest fail of most people here is that they are arguing with random strangers over the internet. Hahaha
Routetosomewhere 6 months ago
i'm japanese and just envy it. i'm practicing judo and here in japan, you can answer "yes" only. all comments except "yes" are treated by "excuses" lol
toki1221 7 months ago
teacher is smoking hot
94Cioppa 7 months ago
the teacher has good accent!
msallehuddinsoeb 7 months ago
See here in America we should be playing to our strengths. Is American English the international language? Then why waste time teaching American students French and Spanish? Does America have a widening divide between the rich and poor? Then we need to treat education the same. Gifted students should have a superior education. It's more cost effective than trying to waste resources trying to achieve a national baseline that's below average anyway.
jsmith224455 7 months ago
@jsmith224455 Finland has the advantage of not having to worry about poor people. We should do the same.
jsmith224455 7 months ago
@jsmith224455 " " It's not a waste to learn other languages, think about the great books and writers you could read in their native language. Also, you could travel and enjoy those cultures in a richier way. I'm glad I had the chance to learn English, so I could read a great deal of books, I'm also glad to had the chance to learn Spanish, I am looking forward to learn French. Knowlegde will always be useful, you never know when you could use it.
glitnir70 7 months ago
@glitnir70 oops... "I'm also glad to have the chance to learn Spanish and I am looking..."
glitnir70 7 months ago
@SvMan415 GTFO!
shotsky94 7 months ago
Finns are racist
shotsky94 7 months ago
@shotsky94 Lmao, hell no
0onah 7 months ago
@0onah yupp....it's a european thing...esp. in scandinavian countries....trust me...ive seen it
shotsky94 7 months ago
@shotsky94 False.
0onah 7 months ago
@0onah True. Stop living in denial. Europe is a dangerous place to be in atm if you're muslim, black, brown, hindu, indian....basically anything except white
shotsky94 7 months ago
@shotsky94 False. I think that what u say is racism. I see you don't know anything about it, because you generalize it
0onah 7 months ago
@shotsky94 Yup, every Finn is a racist. Its hilarious when geographical border determines are you a racist or not. You are being racist by saying ''Finns are racists'', thats like saying ''Blacks are thieves''. Grow up.
JohQx3 6 months ago
@JohQx3 you're living in denial......wake up
shotsky94 6 months ago
@shotsky94 Denial? I think id be aware if everyone around me would be a racist. Are you schizophrenic or something? Of course some people are racist, but thats the case in every country. By generalizing it you make yourself look like a fool.
JohQx3 6 months ago
@JohQx3 its much worse in scandinavian countries
shotsky94 6 months ago
@shotsky94 What happened to the ''Finns are racists.'' Is it whole Scandinavia now? And as a newsflash: Finland isnt part of Scandinavia.
JohQx3 6 months ago
@JohQx3 yes it is. scandinavia= norway, denmark and finland
shotsky94 6 months ago
@shotsky94 Aww...No, it isnt. Scandinavia isnt a group of countries, its geographical territory. Only Northest parts of Finland are part of Scandinavia but way more than 50% isnt. But if one wants to think Scandinavia as group of countries itd be: Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
JohQx3 6 months ago
@JohQx3 gotcha
shotsky94 6 months ago
Love being a finn. I love our school, it's teachers and everyone in it. The great difference to some countries is, that in Finland the teachers and pupils have a very close bond.
Sumurasia 7 months ago
I WANT A PRETTY NORDIC GIRL.BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES......I AM TALL WHITE MAN , IN USA,
tomcat624u 7 months ago
@tomcat624u yup....that should do it....just sit back and wait for the calls to roll in.
iggyover 3 months ago
@iggyover I CAN GET A WOMAN ANY WHERE ! HAHAHA I COULD JUST SIT BACK AN WATCH THELADIES COME OR , RUN TO ME! HAHAHA
tomcat624u 3 months ago
FK SO CALLED, DIVERSITY!!!!!!
tomcat624u 7 months ago
@Fullcontactfighter44 When you've grown up a bit more, you will need to learn about humility.
You sound too impressed with yourself, telling strangers how you have achieved great things at a young age you are eager to tell the world.
okorewq 7 months ago
Finland is a fantastic place, wish we all learned something from this
zcjxxx 7 months ago 2
fineland :)
lolippi 8 months ago 2
hi anyone knows wat is the background music?? i like that music very much
zheuhang 8 months ago
I wish I was born in Finland, even though I was privately educated at a good high school in the US, it cost my parents $8,000/year, in Finland it is free. On top of that I can only speak one other language fluently, Japanese, while they can speak 3-4 different languages fluently.
GunsOfThePhoenix 8 months ago 4
This makes me proud to be assistant teacher in finland.
amerikanserkku 8 months ago
@summer28 I'm not as much of a social democrat as Europeans are. European welfare states are nice and all but I just don't think they are practical over here. The US political structure is very decentralized compared to European countries. As for our 2 party system, that has to do with our winner take all style of elections, there is no proportional representation here, so third parties are always going to lose. Most people don't see the point in voting for 3rd parties.
prepschoolkid 8 months ago
UH Oh shithead BBC are onto it? That's the worst that can happen. They'll probably push diversity and other religins down Finland now. That's all BBC can do.
crazyolme 9 months ago
I <3 THE FINLAND SINGER IN EUROVISION...HE IS A GINGER KID I LOVE THEM!!!!ALL OF THEM!!!!<3 <3 <3AND
VasilikakiOk 9 months ago
We love Finland bands
hitman42524252 9 months ago
ahhh can't wait to start my studies in Finland!
butovas 9 months ago
i wish i was born in Finland
in Romania my maths teacher is a faggot that can't accept that i play guitar,he wants me to cut my hair,go to church and do maths exercises istead lol
and all he does is to write some formulas on the blackboard and expect us to learn them,like 5 formulas every day
Liviu987 9 months ago
@summer28 Having one central language would help but there is no proof that segregating students based on the color of their skin would increase the quality of education, if anything that discourages teamwork with other ethnic groups. How are Social Security and Universal Healthcare related to the quality of education at all?, these are different issues. The difference with Finland and the U.S. is that the Finnish have a fiscal budget, the U.S. does not, thats why S.S. and U.H. are unaffordable.
jimmyt3411 10 months ago
@summer28 Good comment, and very true, but this makes even more of an argument for a system like Finalnd's. Create a nationally standardized system that emphasizes local/community schooling. It's the SYSTEM that's working in Finland - cooperative teaching, high teacher-to-student ratio, and high community and parent involvement. That's the system that works, and it will work in any socioeconomic group.
jleeger 10 months ago
@Tarenaccount You are right, some students study many languages. I'm studying Japanese at the moment : ). But this video gives a picture that most Finnish students can speak 3 or 4 languages, which I don't think is true at all.
hinnatvoimassa 10 months ago
Finns don't really study foreign languages much, as it is said in this video. Most Finns can speak fairly good English and very poor Swedish, I think.
hinnatvoimassa 10 months ago
I wish I studied in Finland.
shirog0ma 10 months ago
Hey lol that's my old school. I remember how there was international visitors every year because the school building looked so modern.
drakkis 10 months ago
Just accept it - the system in Finland is really good for education, something seems to be working. It is not uncommon to meet people who speak four or five languages. Tax is high but the money is well spent on childcare, education and social health services, whether you are rich or poor is irrelevant if you have the intelligence for an extended education you get it without bankrupting the family finances.
pminkkinen 11 months ago
@pminkkinen yep. the state schools are our schools. not the schools of some politican. the goverment is allso our goverment. we the people.
gooddarkjedi 11 months ago
They're all white......
Xylle606 11 months ago
My School in america we can learn another language in 8th grade until graduation, but my Spanish teacher was deported...
bbaction101 1 year ago
Fair distribution of wealth is the key - progressive taxing and redirecting the profit to education, healthcare and other social standards which will eventually produce more tax payers. Finland obviously benefits from high resource in comparison to amount of population, but this does not mean the same system could not be applied in much larger countries. No country is perfect.
AlsatianCousin 1 year ago
@AlsatianCousin u sound like a Communist
mrnarason 1 year ago
@mrnarason - instead of trying to win an argument by calling someone a communist, perhaps you should point out the flaws in my earlier post first?
AlsatianCousin 11 months ago
setting aside science and math, I would like to know how people are learning so many languages (and so well!) especially with less time in school relative to other places! I wish I had learned more languages when I was younger, but there were basically no opportunities until I was already jr. high age (living in the US.)
Tropicaliak 1 year ago
Haha im so proud to be a finn. Unlike those stupid americans who vote fo Sarah Palin and Bush. Our 3th graders more intelligent than American adults. Your the most stupidest and fattest country in the world
alliswow 1 year ago 3
@alliswow If you Finns are so smart name me some famous Finns,i can name tons of American inventors but i do not know of any finnish inventors,please enlighten me oh wise one....
Try and remember those Americans that you despise saved your country in the second world war....
TheKaos007 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 Well hmm your argument is pretty fucking stupid. In America there are 500 times more peple so of course theyre gonna be some inventors there:D And you americans didnt save shit in world war 2. We were fighting against a nation that had over ten times the army than we had, still we fought back and remained succesful. Ironicly the russians kinda saved our ass from hitler but then they made peace with us cause they simply took too much casualites.
alliswow 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 And i wouldnt brag with anything that youve one in the past because youre the main reason the world is a fucked up place so gtfo and kill yourself and your nation
alliswow 1 year ago
@alliswow I guess you Finns can boast about the high suicide rate and lets not forget alcoholism..
Yes that is something to be proud of ,go Finland.....
TheKaos007 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 Well i you'd came to Finland youd understand our alchohol culture. Lot of people are absolutists here and some people drink when they celebrate something. And i lived in the States when i was younger, i lived in Boston back then. All i can say is that our 5th graders r more smart than your high school graduates. fifth of americans dont even know where their own country is located.
alliswow 1 year ago
@alliswow Actually i lived in Finland for about 2 years worked on a farm in Koupio and partied hard in Helsinki used to drink stuff i believe it was gin and some juice that already came pre-mixed in a green bottle....
Used to love that overnight boat trip to Sweden on Silia lines ....
Education is not all that thing it is cracked up to be ,research on self-made millionaires a large percentage of them had no better than a high school education..
TheKaos007 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 Hmm. the thing is that its retarded to even compare US to finland you should compare yourselves to russians or something. The dude that owns Idea Park in finland indeed was a dropout but seriously, i was in america last summer seeing our friends. Half of theyre friends thought Europe was a country. Plus US is a religious country which exlpains a lot....
alliswow 1 year ago
@alliswow I tried to have a intelligent conversation with you and it is impossible what has a religious country got to do with anything you fucking idiot...
BTW for someone who thinks he is smart you need to learn to spell and use grammar properly?
Now fuck off you retard...
TheKaos007 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 You ignorant american.English isnt my first language so why dont you go fuck yourself. Amerians expect that people should be as good as them speaking english?Well heres a newsflash, thats a foreign language to us!!And you asked about religion?:DWell my point was that religion is the most retarded thing in the world and it controls your nation.People believe that the world is 4000 years old and dinosaurs were our pets?!!!Suck it up and face it..Americans are the plague of this world.
alliswow 1 year ago
@alliswow Actually English is not my first language,but i learned it when i came to America...LOL
Ranting about how Americans believe the world started 4000 years ago is a sign of desperation in your post.
I do not know any person who believes that, are you watching the liberal media who make up shit?????
TheKaos007 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 Well your "maybe future prresident" believes so for example. I cant even believe your comparing yourselves to us, its embarassing
alliswow 1 year ago
@TheKaos007
You´re right, those are unfortunate drawbacks from cold weather, but a country with better education will always have and upper hand in most things
superbarajaso 1 year ago
@TheKaos007 and btw..is there any alcoholism and suicides in usa:)?you just got it all,itelligent people,empty prisons,common sense and not too much biblenumskulls and no racism:)what a dreamy land to live lets go everybody and move to the greatest country in world:)JEJ!!!!
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@rakkipallo So how come everybody wants to immigrate to America we have a huge waiting list it is so bad that people actually sneak into America..
Last week in California a hospital was revealed that pregnant foreign women would have babies in so that they are American citizens...
Do you know anybody that wants to move to Finland???? Nah i did not think so they are trying to get out of Finland not live there.....
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 who is everybody?mexicans:) and only reason why they want move there because they have not hear that there is many better countrys:)like finland,sweden,norway,denmark...so face the truth about your kind.you are just jaleous because we have everything better:) and btw everywhere we go we are welcome but when you say that you are american in foreign country,people knows that you are asswipe;)
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@rakkipallo Did you learn to speak English in Finland,cause if you did you should ask for your money back...
My 2 year old speaks better English..LOL
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 The American school system sucks... This is not what I think but, facts. You see you are doing it as well! You try to put people down just because they might not be able to speak English as well as you. This is why America is such a fail; because people always want to be better than the one standing next to them. When living in America there is no help to be found, just battles.
victorh1414 11 months ago
@victorh1414 Do you have any facts to back up what you say or are you just talking out of your ass....
The most powerful nation in the world is a fail...LOL
Yes we want to be better cause there are winners and loser and we like to be winners..
Remember except for us winners you would be part of the third reich,you loser..
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 "The most powerful nation"? Haha. I will agree with that USA was the most powerful nation in the 1950's to about 1980, but from there on you guys stopped. I don't know what happened but you just stopped. Today USA is so far behind in many areas, main one being modern energy. Others include your power gird; wires hanging over the streets and so on. Also your roads suck. The products found in America are shit because they are “Made in China”. China is your boss! Suck it bitch!
victorh1414 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 o and btw again,nicely done to try insult me by saying my english aint good enough..is that really best what you can do?so sad:)did i get under your skin you little teabagger;)?you really are jackass who does not see how much usa got things to fix.you legalsystem is globewide joke,your healthcare sucks,your country has taken more and more loans to survive and keep that american dream alive:)and your only joy is to come and try to insult us:)so sad...
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@rakkipallo You said they have a great education system except for teaching English i guess or are you just stupid..LOL
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007AAAAAWWWW did i poke a sore spot...teabagger;)? so two comments about my english?no sir,you are the one who is stupid here;)do us a favour and go mcdonalds,grab a burger,go watch some quality american tv shows like DR PHIL and OPRAH:) praise the lord and pass the ammunition.......god bless usa...
rakkipallo 11 months ago 2
@TheKaos007 awww its so cute when you cant say anything else:)yep next time you really should know about thing or two another country before you start yapping like a little girl;)peace out asswipe and keep on that nice attitude..
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@rakkipallo Wow every time you post it reveals more of how mush an idiot you are...
I have lived in Finland for 2 years and unlike you i can make a judgment call...
Everybody wants to come to America,nobody wants to go to Finland..
Do you think there is a reason why America has a large Finnish population, because everybody wants to get out of that shit hole called Finland..
Please try and say something intelligent in your next post..
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 "Everybody wants to come to America,nobody wants to go to Finland.."
That is truly the most idiotic thing i've ever heard :D
werm000nt 10 months ago 2
@werm000nt Regardless of what you think it's a fact,we have a huge waiting list of educated people who want to live in America,unlike Finland which has a huge list of muslims and Africans wanting to live in Finland.
TheKaos007 10 months ago
@TheKaos007 and just btw, you should stop insulting the english of these people commenting here. When your first language in Finnish, it is way harder to learn English than for many other people. Finnish doesn't derive from the same roots. In Finland people also learn very often over 3 languages, so you shouldn't be judging the Finnish language education system. And just btw, ho the f can you say if somebody is good or bad in English by talking to them through the Internet?
LittleRainbowMiss 10 months ago 20
@rakkipallo auts..you are so mean:)yeah your 2 year old kid maybe can speak better english but when he/she is 16 years,he/she gonna have same education level than our 9years old kids:)o and btw,biggest reason why people want to move there is that they see false usa in tv..when they get there you treat them like cancer..well done,first allmost kill one race,then make another slave and rest of them youy just hate:)
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 you keep telling me how "everyone" wants to move there but you dont give me any reasons why.so now its time to give me reasons and that good old usa propaganda:).if you can..o and you say u lived here 2years,i say bullshit.anyway standup for your country and say more than your english sucks or noboby wants to move finland..and btw people want move here so bad that we have to start control immigration.sweden has same problem.so maybe you should do some homework..
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@rakkipallo I do not have to give you reasons facts are enough we have a huge waiting list of people wanting to immigrate to America and not uneducated violent muslims and Africans who want to go to your shithole ...
I lived in Helsinki and Kuopio and use to travel every weekend back and forth on the Silia lines boat so unlike you i have some experience when i talk about your country.
You bore me ....Goodbye.
TheKaos007 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 so you cant say any reason why anyone wants to move there.maybe it is so cause you dont find any reasons;)yeah usa maybe were great nation once (1950`s) but not anymore.huge amount homeless,criminal rates going trough to roof,healthcare..joke,legalsystem...joke.intelligence rates dropping like shit..yeap...good ol usa
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@TheKaos007 Just because a lot of people are doing something, it don't make it a great effin' idea. Like, for example, voting for Bush 2 times in a row. I guess that's what happens when your country's educational system is in the shitter, the whole system is corrupt, and you have turned your country into a 3rd world level hellhole. Land of the free, except european citizens have way more freedom than you do.
Suprising to find an ignorant blowhard from the great US of A. That never happens... ;)
75samuel75 10 months ago
@75samuel75 How come European citizens want to move to America?
I don't know of any Americans applying to live in Europe..
BTW is this the Europe that is almost bankrupt countries like Greece,Ireland,Spain,England,Portugal and France have no money so they have to make cuts,which is causing rioting on the streets.
Sounds like a wonderful place...LOL
TheKaos007 10 months ago
@TheKaos007 There's propably zero American people who actually knows where Finland is. :D And also the fact that you are feeling superior to others because you were born somewhere just makes you a fucking sad person. You had nothing to do with anything great that ever happened in your country.
-16yo finn.
magge60 10 months ago
@magge60 Actually i moved to America from Ireland and yes i feel superior cause i am living in the greatest most powerful nation on Earth...
TheKaos007 10 months ago
@TheKaos007 Haha
magge60 10 months ago
@TheKaos007 America just hit its debt limit.....we only have 11 more week till we default on our debt unless the politicians work out some type of deal. The Nordic countries are pretty financially stable, they realize that if they want extensive government programs they're going to need high taxes to pay for them. In America people want there favorite government programs but don't want higher taxes. You can't have it both ways.
prepschoolkid 9 months ago
@prepschoolkid We do not want extensive gov programs as proved by the last elections....
I want to keep my money and spend it as i see fit.
TheKaos007 9 months ago
@TheKaos007 Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security are pretty popular and any talk of cutting or reforming them in anyway is pretty much political suicide.
prepschoolkid 9 months ago
@TheKaos007 you're like the most ignorant American I've seen in a while... Good say sir...!
LittleRainbowMiss 10 months ago 3
@TheKaos007 Actually Finland has become a country of net immigration rather than emigration. So have most other European countries. In fact immigration has become a very controversial issue in Europe.
prepschoolkid 9 months ago
@TheKaos007 first,you shuold understand that all great "americans" are from finland,sweden,germany etc...:)and second,real americans are indians and you sir are one of those biblegrabbing,derböderbö teabagger who tries to make usa look cool:)just face it dude,your country does not work,your way to handle things are like communism,nice idea but works only in theory..
rakkipallo 11 months ago
@alliswow You sound as stupid as a lot of Americans I know, Obesity is a problem for all developed countries. If you look at data most developed countries have a high percentage of overweight/obese people. That is one symptom of living in an affluent society.
prepschoolkid 9 months ago
US, European and Asian schools are top notch compared to some other countries education such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Congo.
GunsOfThePhoenix 1 year ago
3 languages? I live in North Carolina, here we are only required to take 2 semester's of of spanish or french before your graduate.
In jr. high my average class size is 35.
I wanta live in Finland:(
Annnabef9 1 year ago
Very good English speaking country!! 4 languages learnt omg I would love Finland's education system over here in Scotland
ThEsLaViNaToR534 1 year ago 2
@ThEsLaViNaToR534 in my school, you can learn 4 to 6 languages :P
LittleRainbowMiss 10 months ago