Education of Fin.

 I heard from my finnish friend that students beating up teachers are not showing any respect because of the rare testing students just tend to become lazy. And lots of funds are also used to students that simply just don't care.

 And she said to me that 'Finland might rank high but rarely any system is perfect. I would think that Nordic countries are pretty similar on what it comes to the school systems. I must say that I surely expected more from what it comes to the quality of teaching. There is often lack of respect towards professors. Shortly said, every system can be further improved.'

 I also felt same feeling when I was in Finland. I couldn't feel that students respect their professors. They don't care about absent or late in the class. They also chew gums when they make the presentation. And if they think that professor's opinion is wrong, they express their opinion to professor. (I really surprised to see this sight in the class because it is hardly to see in the Korea.)

 But, I felt that their education system is good. They have many ways to self-directed learning. Students don't have many lectures but have to read many articles so have much time to study alone. Then, they discuss with many friends and professors about many issues from articles. And they have 0 point to 5 point. If students get good score in group presentation, individual report and exams, they get 5 point. But it is really hard to get it. So if you get 0 point, some professor give a chance to them. If Student who got 0 point turn in a report to profesor, professor increase his(her) point.

 One more, students in Finland are not enter college or university immediately after they graduated from high school. Boys go army or girls earn money after they graduated from high school. And then, they think what they really want to study. So some students enter college when they are old age. They don't care about that. I think it is a good way to enter college. In korea, almost all high school students want to enter university or college without aim.

 Perhaps these are two sides of the same coin. There are a lot of benefits to it, but of course there are some drawbacks as well. I hope Korea will learn benefit of their education system.