"Finland’s schools are publicly funded. The people in the government agencies running them, from national officials to local authorities, are educators, not business people, military leaders or career politicians." (Hancock Lynnell, 2011, p4) With this quote it is very clear that the eduaction system in Finland is completely run by people who live and work only for eduaction, not like other countries where eduaction is seen as a business to get profit from. How does this relate with happiness? Well, it´s very simple, if you can succeed in any career by having the best tools, then you´ll be happy because you achieved your goals early in life.
"Ninety-three percent of Finns graduate from academic or vocational high schools, 17.5 percentage points higher than the United States, and 66 percent go on to higher education, the highest rate in the European Union." (Hancock Lynnell, 2011, p3) Finland is the country with the best education in the European Union, and also it has a better system than the USA. This is clearly a method for students to live a happy scholar life because they have access to all the resources they need to achieve excellent performance in terms of education.
"Still, there is a distinct absence of chest-thumping among the famously reticent Finns. They are eager to celebrate their recent world hockey championship, but PISA scores, not so much. “We prepare children to learn how to learn, not how to take a test,” said Pasi Sahlberg, a former math and physics teacher who is now in Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture. “We are not much interested in PISA. It’s not what we are about.”" (Hancock Lynell, 2011, p3) Finland focuses in making sure students see the true value of learning and not only seeing grades as numbers. Also, they care for mental health of students and that is where people can really feel comfortable and happy when studying or basically living.
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