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Are you bilingual?
1000mAh:
--- Quote from: Soryon on February 06, 2011, 04:52:48 PM ---I don't mind, I am kinda glad actually. It puts me a step above the rest ;)
Honestly tho, its more about where in the US that you live / what school district you went to.
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haha, you getthesame education anywhere in Finland. Yhe subhects youmust study; Finnish (9 years), Swedish (3 yesr, 5 years is possible), English (7 years), Math (9 years), Biology (9 years), Geography (9 years), Chemistry (5 years), Physics (5 years), Home-economics (3 years), P.E. (9 years), Crafts (7 years), World History (4 years), Civics (1 year), Religion (9 years) & Arts (9 years). And those arejust the studies you must do :P
JoonasTo:
--- Quote from: harpy on February 06, 2011, 04:48:56 PM ---
--- Quote from: JoonasTo on February 06, 2011, 04:43:50 PM ---What I remember from school we had to learn all the states of the world in 7th grade. That's 13 years old. And as I understand we start school two years later than you from the states, so shouldn't every 14 year old be able so show where it is? ::)
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we did the same here.
I bet you also had to know the capital and the language they speak. And maybe most popular know things about the country. I remember that remembering all the stuff in Africa was pain in the ass....
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Yeah, we did. Africa wasn't as bad as oceania. That was a pain. Middle asia was also annoying, too many "-stan"s. Africa was a breeze due to the C&C Nod campaigns.
We had to learn the states of of U.S.A and Canada too, I think that was a year later or so.
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You are taught what you need to know to enter the work force and earn a living. Its considered basic education (elementary - high school) Real learning doesn't begin until college in the states.
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Heh, here high school is already extra. Only elementary is obligatory.
Though I don't see anything except maybe social studies and some maths that's needed to enter the workforce. Oh, and home ed.
The rest is kind of unnecessary. Who needs physics, chemistry, english or history in work force? No one.
But finnish system is weird compared to most countries anyways.
--- Quote from: 1000mAh on February 06, 2011, 05:02:31 PM ---haha, you getthesame education anywhere in Finland. Yhe subhects youmust study; Finnish (9 years), Swedish (3 yesr, 5 years is possible), English (7 years), Math (9 years), Biology (9 years), Geography (9 years), Chemistry (5 years), Physics (5 years), Home-economics (3 years), P.E. (9 years), Crafts (7 years), World History (4 years), Civics (1 year), Religion (9 years) & Arts (9 years). And those arejust the studies you must do :P
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I only did 3 years of chemistry and physics.
And I'm pretty sure there's 4 years of history and 9 years of crafts.
And you forgot music.
And English can be other languages as well, I know people who did German/French as A1.
It's been a while since I was in primary though.
Soryon:
--- Quote from: 1000mAh on February 06, 2011, 05:02:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Soryon on February 06, 2011, 04:52:48 PM ---I don't mind, I am kinda glad actually. It puts me a step above the rest ;)
Honestly tho, its more about where in the US that you live / what school district you went to.
--- End quote ---
haha, you getthesame education anywhere in Finland. Yhe subhects youmust study; Finnish (9 years), Swedish (3 yesr, 5 years is possible), English (7 years), Math (9 years), Biology (9 years), Geography (9 years), Chemistry (5 years), Physics (5 years), Home-economics (3 years), P.E. (9 years), Crafts (7 years), World History (4 years), Civics (1 year), Religion (9 years) & Arts (9 years). And those arejust the studies you must do :P
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The thing with America is that it is fucking huge compared to other countries. Going to another country in Europe is to us like simply going to another state. That, coupled with the probability that a student will ever have a need to leave the country being slim, leads to different emphasis being placed on certain subjects.
To tie this in with the topic- There is very little need for an American to learn any other language aside from maybe Spanish.
Also, 9 years of religion? wut? Unless the school you attend is a private religious school, you would catch a law suit for trying to teach that in the states. (Unless you mean just the history of different religions from a purely objective point of view)
Another thing, dude, if you are going to try to compare schooling as if yours were superior, at least don't suck so bad in the grammar/spelling department.
harpy:
--- Quote from: JoonasTo on February 06, 2011, 05:07:40 PM ---
--- Quote ---Getting a bit off topic here but-
You are taught what you need to know to enter the work force and earn a living. Its considered basic education (elementary - high school) Real learning doesn't begin until college in the states.
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Heh, here high school is already extra. Only elementary is obligatory.
Though I don't see anything except maybe social studies and some maths that's needed to enter the workforce. Oh, and home ed.
The rest is kind of unnecessary. Who needs physics, chemistry, english or history in work force? No one.
But finnish system is weird compared to most countries anyways.
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no the system is quite similar here as well:
0) kindergarten - how ever long parents decide to or 1 year for sure
1) primary school - 9 years
2) hight school - 3 years
2.1)vocational school - 4 years or after hight school 2 years
3) university - 3 years in non professional studies 4-5(I think) years in professional studies + 2 years to get a master degree and a year to get a doctor degree.
Similar?
as for subject in primary school - sounds the same, just that we do not have religion stuff, just art stuff
rathoriel:
I am going to start up a new topic on education so this thread doesnt get off track.
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