Compare And Contrast Finland And Usa

Most middle schools don’t believe that recess is part of a school day, but in Finland students get 15 minute breaks during class and they can focus after the break. In our middle school, we don’t have recess and only five minutes in between classes. Even during lunch, we have thirty minutes to eat and hang out with friends. There are many reasons for the middle schoolers here to have more recess time.

In Japan, students usually walk to school or take trains. When students arrive at school, they greet their teacher at the front gate. Then they take off their shoes and put on slippers for the rest of the day. The students serve the food at lunch, while workers prepare it. In Japan, summer break is short, around 5 weeks long, compared to the 10 weeks in America. At the end of the day, it is the students' job to clean up the school because they have no janitors.

Lizeth Galindo May 27, 2015 APWH/Period 2 Japan vs. United States How was the relationship of Japan and United States after Pearl Harbor? The whole world was thrown into wars in the late 1930’s. Countries fought one another with devastating consequences. Thousands of lives were ended in a matter of seconds and numerous generations were scarred for an eternity.

Did you know that the USA and Finland are both free countries? It’s cool to think that there are other free countries other than the USA. Finland has similar freedoms in the United States: Finnish citizens can own firearms legally, and both men and women can join the Finnish military. The United States has a list of freedoms called the Bill of Rights. The United States has laws against many drugs. I think that the United States has the best government because the United States has 13 Amendments that our country stands by, and no one is allowed to change them which provides a safe country.

Did you ever want to live in Finland. Well here is the comparisons in government from Finland to America. Finland has a republic and america has a democracy. America has the number one Armed Forces in the world. Are leaders are different in many ways. America has many benefits from finland.

Although the US education system has created the belief that US schooling is the same as

The thing that surprised me the most while conducting research is Finland can be very similar and also very different to the U.S at the same time. United States and Finland are very similar in many ways. In both countries, people use technology and social media in their daily lives. There is also a technology addiction problem in the U.S and Finland. Their food, schools, shopping centers, and stores are very similar to those in the U.S. Finland and the U.S can also be very different.

When you look at the quality of education, Japan is a top performing country scoring an average score of 540 in reading literacy, maths and science in the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). While Mexico only scored 417, much lower than the OECD average 497. This means that Japan has a better quality of education by PISA score of 123. The quality of education affects the employment and unemployment rates in both countries. Since Japan is a top performing country in education, it has a much higher employment rates than Mexico and the OECD average.

A customary year of school usually contains around a 180 days of school with some short breaks spaced far and few between and also contain a three month off period throughout the summer known as summer

The traditional American school year was constructed around a nine-month schedule requiring 180 days in the classroom. But times are changing and many people are suggesting that the school system in America does away with this “outdated” system and move into this new idea of the “year round education”. There are theories that knowledge is lost when kids go on summer break and others think that financially summer breaks are in fact needed. What needs to be explored further is what affect does year round school have economically, whether year round schooling aid’s or hinders children’s educational knowledge, and how would this new schooling affect children socially.

As a result to this the author states ¨For this reason, some of the that countries outshine the U.S in test scores, including Finland and Japan, have multiple recesses a day¨. In fact this can work for adults to like Google has a Lego station, Facebook has an arcade at their headquarters. Not only can recess help with learning but it also keeps kids healthy. American Academy of Pediatrics in 2013 statement policy was ¨After recess for children or after a corresponding break time adolescents students are attentive

As a student you go to school, meet friends and study for grades. Although many do not bother in what differences there is to schools in other countries, I find it important for people to know how their structures work in comparison to a completely different set-up. That is why I am comparing these countries schools, to clarify the main confusion about the differences between how the lunches work and how the structure in Sweden and America work.

The United States of America and Norway are both very hospitable countries to start a family or go to college, but they differ in many ways. First, the dreaded health care system feared by all America is a complex system of marketing, high prices and deceiving customers, while in Norway, if you’re under the age of 16 your health care is free, but if you’re over 16 then you must pay $246 per year for all your regular health care procedures. Also if you have a long term illness your taxes will be lower. The U.S elects a president whereas Norway is led by Prime Minister Erna Solberg. She is a 56 year old woman and the second female Prime Minister.

The differences between Finland and American education systems start with the youngest students. Finland students start school at a later age than American students. In Finland their students don’t start school until they are seven years old, where as in America the students start school when they are at the age of five. Finland also doesn’t focus on testing their younger students instead they focus on play and teaching their younger students how to understand how they thing and how they learn. Finland doesn’t start testing their students until they are in the fourth grade, around the age of twelve. In America the testing starts when some students art in pre-kindergarten.

I think this is because both countries have had the same chance to develop their society. Both countries have a lot of money and have not suffered any losses through war or dictatorship. The countries have had the chance to develop functioning societies and school systems in their own pace without anything stopping them. I think the thing that causes the slight differences is the fact that the political systems are different. The way the country is ruled affects things such as rules for education etc. If Sweden and Canada had the same type of government, I think the school systems would be about exactly the same. Another thing that might cause differences in the school system is the culture in the country. Different countries have different values and this will affect how the country is ruled. However, I don’t think there is a very big difference in values between Sweden and Canada.