[fireman15]

I read quite a bit of your blog. I have a different point of view in many cases, but there are some very enjoyable pieces. Keep up the good work.

[newsbird]

thanks for the comments!I blog just to keep writing because I forget English real fast if I stop. it all starts to look soo bad. My native language is phonetic and we learn to read and write when we are 4-6 years old, school starts when kids are 7 - but my country still scores much higher than USA on all subjects. I'm proud to be a Finn... they have come a long way in 50 years.
If you noticed I had a side bar box in my blog for global education rankings - score tables and bar charts. Why the Scandinavians beat the USA in K-12 education is something that the educators here should look at instead of trying some other experiment. I was shocked what my son had to learn in math classes, no wonder they turn kids off before they even get started.