[veeti]

Some common themes in the conversation are neoliberal cost cutting, failed attempts at inclusion and immigration.

* Finland is a gerontocracy and recent governments have made significant cuts to education and the general wellbeing of younger generations.

* Modern schools are increasingly built like open plan offices with dozens of students crammed into "learning spaces" instead of traditional classrooms. This reduces building costs and is also sold as a trendy new innovation in pedagogy.

* Special needs and gifted students are no longer put into special classrooms where they can receive the extra attention and care they need. Instead, they are put in with the other kids to the benefit of no one except the state budget, but at least it feels more "inclusive" to some research professor in their ivory tower.

* The amount of immigration and share of children speaking Finnish as a second language is rising and they are statistically more likely to perform worse (https://yle.fi/a/74-20018233, https://yle.fi/a/74-20016772).

[alvah]

In summary, Finland has brought the policies that have caused much destruction in other Western countries into their own education system, where those policies have also caused destruction, much to everyone's amazement.

[hjgjhyuhy]

Yep, this country is no longer that special by European standards. Childcare is still good, but later education and healthcare are very mediocre.

In EU only greeks are less satisfied with the availability of healthcare. Our unemployment rate is pretty similar to Greece and Spain as well. This is what right wing governments want I guess.

[akikoo]

This is a really tragic thing that happened in Finland on April 1st:

https://yle-fi.translate.goog/a/74-20158685?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x...

It's usual in Finland to let babies sleep outside in the strollers (even when it's cold) but in this case no one checked how the child was doing for 3 hours.

In the news he/she was called a baby.

[bossyTeacher]

> * Finland is a gerontocracy and recent governments have made significant cuts to education and the general wellbeing of younger generations.

Politically, isn't this the ultimate fate of most developed nations? I haven't yet see an answer to this. How do you deal financially with this? The obvious answer is for people to be in charge of their own late stage health but is that possible for the average minimum wage worker?