"Finnish-ing" school | The Straits Times
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2019
- After his O levels, Dylan Soh, 16, enrolled in an international school in Finland. The Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) graduate says being in a different education system has helped him pick up new skills.
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many taught me to get good grades, but he was so fortunate to be taught to solve “real good” problems.
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If only everyone in the world could send their kids to Finland.
Great father
Awesome story 👍
Wow, I am following this ...
2:00 my sch also have
I love the father's shirt.. hahaha
How many SG kids got this opportunity to study overseas?
Dear Alvin Leong, don't be fooled by the one story above. I am a singaporean who has lived overseas for the past 20 years, including finland for almost a decade. I speak fluent finnish and i have studied the language for 4 years, my husband is a Fin and my children are half finnish citizens, they have studied in Finland. I pulled them out because I saw that their knowledge will be inferior if they continue to stay in Finland. Finlands education has fallen from number one to number 15th in pisa in the last decade. Secondly, drugs are common in finnish primary schools , thirdly, teachers are exhausted because european mothers do not have maids to help them a home, thus they can't give the attention their kids as much as a Singaproean mother could. Forthly, many schools are finland are in Finnish language, thus many fins are not s;peaking English well, deterring their ability to be headunted by foreign firms in the future. When my kids came out of their finnish school to the middle east, they failed in all of the entrance test set by the british and american internatonal schools, their standards and language were just inadequate from finland. Finnish kids starts learning english only at the age of 9, thus many nurses in the finnish state hosptials cannot speak English, reducing their chances to be headhunted to english speaking countris easily. Fifthly, finland is spending 12% of their GDP in education whereas Singapore, being a smaller country is spending 20 percent. Finland has not taught their students to speak an eastern language while learning a useless second language like swedish language was a waste of time for many fins to learn. Thus, many fins cling on to Finnish companies to bring them overseas, very rarely can you see a fin speak an eastern language to be able to work in the east independently. Forthly, the income taxes of finland is 45% with a natural unemployment rate of 7.8%. Everyday is a pandemic there, once you lose your job, dream on to find a new one, the economy isn't like that of Singappre's. My children are currently studying in the American international school, they are speaking much better english than most fins, their science standards are the same as that of Singapore, while maths is about 1 year behind that of singapore, which i can compensate with private tutoring, I personally do not think Finland's having the best education in the world as a person who has personally studied in their universities and various institutions, i personally found their teachers very rigid and uncreative. While they may be more patient than Singapore teachers, however, many finnish teachers and lecturers whom i have met, does not have a concept and creativity when teaching. An asian teacher would have one. I have learnt from Indian, singaporean, british and Finnish teachers. Finnish teachers are one of the most lost teachers i have met and the british teachers are very detailed and demanding, while the singaporean teachers have a concept when teaching. The amercian teachers are vocal, fun and creative. My children became very independent in studying at a young age from the american schools. Fins have fallen in education and they are just trying to hang on to their former crown.
@@jennifer-oc6io Thanks for the long reply no system is. perfect
@@jennifer-oc6io wow what a view point from an insider!
@@jennifer-oc6io Sanoppas sama suomeksi ku puhut meijjän kieltä niin sujuvasti..?
@@jennifer-oc6io oh no 😥 … you have changed my conception about Finland’s education system. Thanks for sharing your opinion
i jusy saw her video on ted x and he seemed like a super motivator with his story "The little red dots" but i wonder why does he have that confidence even when he doesn't do well at school. Like me, i am actually not from sg to be honest but still from Asia which is indonesia, if i don't do well at school, i even don't have courage to talk much or show my score directly or indirectly to people. How dare he becomes such a professional motivator on ted x at school age while he's not doing well at school. Salute
Hi..i am so interested in finnish education after hearing your sharing. Wonder if i could talk more at length with you
My family are finnish singaporans, and i have 2 boys who studied in the finnish schoosl during their primary years, we made a decision to pull them out, because as a singaproean, i saw how rigid the finnish school system has become. Pisa rankings has fallen in maths from number 1 to the 15th place, the teachers are not creative and very relax in teaching, they do ensure enough that the children know their knowledge, i myself studied the Finnish language for 4 years and i have met 6 teachers, only 2 are creative and the rest are very rigid and boring, they do not know how to teach with a concept and my children could not pass through the American or British international schools when we went overseas. Finnish kids knows a lot lesser than singaporean kids during their primary and preschool years, this poses a problem during their secondary years naturally. When we came to the middel east, i placed my children in an interantional school,increased their knowledge and standards which were severely inadequate from the finnish schools. Also fins aren't having a reputation for being international or socialiable, without good communicative skills, one cannot succeed on the international stage as a leader. Me and my children have been taught by indians, singaporeans, finnish, American and British teachers. My children who recently came back to Bukit Timah for maths tuition in singapore, told me that the singapore teachers taught them so clearly and precisely with a concept that they understood immediately. My eldest son also told me that Singapore teachers taught him knowledge that he could not have learnt from the teachers all the way, from Finland to the private international school they are in now. As a singaporean who has been educated in singapore, being taught by teachers from asia, to Finland to north America, , i can say that the indian and singaporean teachers are one of the best teachers who teachers very well with good concepts. My children are speaking much better English now than they would be in a finnish school, their science and maths standards are far better than what they could obtain in Finnish schools. So i do not agree with the above video, and please note that the boy did not praise the finnish standards, he merely praised the 'hands on approach ' of problem solving education that Finland provides. Singapore's maths focuses on problem solving and critical thinking more than just academics. Our preschoolers are already having the knowledge of a Finnish kid at grade 2. At the end of the day, a good inventive engineer must also have adequate knowledge to build. Singapore provides a ground for very good knowledge and hands on approach in learning. Our kids are no longer just memorising, we are solving problems as well. Please see PISA rankings for Singapore and Finland, Singapore's at Number 2 and Finland has fallen to 15th. Lastly, the above father placed his son in an international school in Finland, there aren't many english international schools in Finland, and many finnish kids only starts learning English in public schools at grade 3, thus their english standards aren't adequate and many struggle to communicate with internatonal people in the English language. English is a very important language, swedish language is a rather useless language internationally, which finnish schools made it mandatory to learn as a second language, and none of the finnish schools are teaching an Eastern language coupled with English, like Singapore is. This creates a barrier for many fins to be head hunted to asia as international bussiness leaders independently. Singaporeans are often headhunted to China and taiwan or hongkong, the USA, Australia to work becaue of our knowledge in Mandarin and English, a precious skill that finnish schools could not provide, because Finland is not a magnet for international investors or international talents to settle in. Gone are the days when we need to look at the west for knowledge and better education, because today, asian countries like Singapore are doing it far better. I have lived in 5 different countriers with my family for 20 years including Finland for almost 10 years and i speak the finnish language very well and understand their culture of education and work becaue i have also worked in a finnish company and my husband is a scandinavian. The above video is just superfacial to me because the boy has not gone through the primary and growing up years in Finland whcih are inferior to Singapore's. We do not have drug peddlers in singapore schools but i can't say the same for the European schools.
However the Singapore uni entrance exam is so crucial that making a lot of students depressed. Once they fail to enter the college, they will be criticized by the surrounding people for being a useless person
I understand that you are a good parents which hope your children to become one of the elite in any sector when they enter the society but seems that the education of Singapore is so elitism and the government only focus on those elite.
I think the education system is not just about learning facts and knowledge, you can train them to love studying by themselves and not just studying based on exam but study for fun
I am wonder why most of the Asian parents eager their children to become international leader
@@Relrelth I understand Jonas Lee, I am a Singaorean myself, it's not the fault of our education system but the fault of our society, believe it or not, it was harder for me to enrol my children into the british international schools than the Singapore schools because there are much more discrimination in the british schools here in the middle east, where we are living. The singapore education gives chances such as ITE, POLYTECHNIC AND UNI. We can climb the social ladder despite of our backgrounds. It's not possible in Europe, English certificates and minorities are rejected. UK is also having very thick social class differences. Every country has it's own problems and they discriminate in ways we do not know because we not locals and they do not display for all to see. Propoganda exist in all countries. Trust me, you don't wanna situation your children in Finland, We were once there, Finland's education is no longer number one, their state health care is a joke and their taxes are from 20% to 45%. Drugs and alcholism amongst youths are rampant. We lived in the city and we were surrounded by them all the time. Either you have a society which controls crime and makes focus on studies, or you have a chaotic europe which children are having inadequate knowledge and are easily exposed to alchol and drugs. Take your pick. i agree with you, Please read from the internet 'WHY FINLAND'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IS NO LONGER NUMBER 1. AND WHY THE FINNISH HEALTHCARE IS FAILING MY FAMILY (
written by a British family in Finland).
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Good grade is not good as practice as possible.