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Very interesting. What do you think is responsible for this? How did it come about? My understanding is that the education system in Denmark (and their core e
by aik 14y ago
Very interesting. What do you think is responsible for this? How did it come about? My understanding is that the education system in Denmark (and their core educational values) is different than most places.
- davidw 14y ago> What do you think is responsible for this? Legos? That and crappy weather that makes staying inside a good idea:-)
- panacea 14y agoLego is a medium. Like paint or sand. No need to pluralise :-)
- davidw 14y agoIt's a fairly fluid concept. In Italian, for instance, spaghetti and capelli ("hairs") are both plurals, rather than their "uncountable" English equivalents. I.e. "We're having spaghettis for dinner, but first comb your hairs". I always played with "Legos" as a kid, so for me that's what they are.
- kayoone 14y agoAll of scandinavia is really good in IT in regards to their tiny population. They also often have the best gamers/clans in the world :) Most of the year its very cold, IT infrastructure was very very good 10 years ago already and the countries are wealthy and have very good educational systems.
- aik 14y agoYeah true. However from my understanding a country like Finland focuses on different things than Denmark. Look at their rankings on the international PISA tests for example. Finland scores are great, Denmark not as much (18th I believe). I remember reading at some point (though now I'm not finding it) that Denmark focuses a bit more on personal development relatively, while Finland (and most other places) on the knowledge (math/science).
- jacknews 14y agoTrue. Although I recall a couple of studies in the early nineties that measured skill levels, and also "claimed skill levels". Scandinavia was top-tier in actual skill levels, but a country-mile winner in claimed skill levels.
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