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Related: About this forumTYT: Why Are Americans Ignoring Finland's Revolutionary Education System?
What can Americans learn from Finland's education system? A lot, at least according to articles in the New York Times and The Atlantic. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks.
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TYT: Why Are Americans Ignoring Finland's Revolutionary Education System? (Original Post)
ihavenobias
Mar 2012
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Because they are like interested in education?? Instead of corporate looting of education??
MichiganVote
Mar 2012
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MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)1. Because they are like interested in education?? Instead of corporate looting of education??
theaocp
(4,237 posts)2. Obviously, the Finns aren't interested
in a return to slavery, like we are. An ignorant populace is cannon fodder and field work. The Chinese can then bitch about how everything is made in the USA.
ihavenobias
(13,532 posts)4. I'm happy to see the video is blowing up
265k views and counting.
Texifornia
(401 posts)3. Because most Americans
think Finland is an aquatic themed amusement park "somewhere in Florida".
jjewell
(618 posts)5. A wink is as good as a nod...
to a blind horse. And none are so blind as they who will not see...