One thing that almost never get mentioned is role of pre-school education and how it is drastically different in Finland. Becoming preschool teacher in Finland

One thing that almost never get mentioned is role of pre-school education and how it is drastically different in Finland. Becoming preschool teacher in Finland requires a bachelor degree in "varhaiskasvatus" (that roughly translates to early parenting, which is an academic subject). I don't know what qualifications are required in US, but in many other European countries the bar of becoming preschool teacher is much lower.