Part I. Finnish and American Education
Since you have had the opportunity to observe/participate in education in both the U.S. and Finland, could you compare and contrast the two? TH: My knowledge of the U.S. system comes from stories from my friends and what I’ve seen in the news or from the popular culture. In Finland, we start school when we’re 7 years-old which gives us, in a away, more time to be children without major responsibilities and grow and develop as humans on our own terms before having to conform