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Squinch

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1. But now, that means they are gearing the educational system to correspond with what we know

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Tue Dec 4, 2012, 06:10 PM

Dec 2012

is developmentally appropriate for children at different ages. Meaning, they are not wasting time by requiring things of children for which their brains are simply not ready.

How will the children grow up to be good citizens if we don't needlessly torture them from the moment they cross a school threshhold?

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26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP

But now, that means they are gearing the educational system to correspond with what we know Squinch Dec 2012 #1

kick PETRUS Dec 2012 #2

They also have a much smaller and homogeneous population, which makes it easier to find a consensus Brickbat Dec 2012 #3