If you’re a kid in Finland,
you don’t start school until
you’re 7 years old. There’s
almost no homework until
you’re a teenager. You don’t
wear a uniform, you can call
your teacher by his first
name, and you can attend
class barefoot if the mood
strikes you. It’s always
casual Friday, and you
spend fewer hours in the
classroom than students in
the rest of the developed
world.
Despite—or because of—
this leisurely approach, the
Finnish educational system
is one of the world’s finest.
Finland’s literacy rate is 100
percent. When the
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and
Development administers its
standardized reading and
math exams to students
from around the world,
Finnish pupils regularly
come out at or near the top.
What makes these results
more amazing is that just
four decades ago, Finland’s
academic record was a
mess. In the 1970s, though,
the government did
something extraordinary to
combat lax education: It
mandated that every teacher
earn a master’s degree, even
agreeing to foot the bills for
the extra schooling.
Teaching’s prestige
skyrocketed; becoming a
teacher in Finland is now as
tough as becoming a lawyer.
Only one in 10 primary
school applicants makes the
cut! Today, the rest of the
world is scrambling to
follow Finland’s example as
its hyper-educated
population continues to
boost the country’s
productivity. Maybe we
should all kick off our shoes
and learn a few things.
Thug please DONT KICK YOUR SHOES. Don't expose your fat, flat feet with fat toes to the mass. Its unkind. 
