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    populated city in Finland is Helsinki. Helsinki is probably most densely populated, because it is the capital city of Finland. Finland is an ethnically homogeneous country. Now most of the foreign citizens are from Estonia, Russia, and Sweden. Government Finland's government is a democratic republic. In the middle ages, the country was ruled by Sweden. Until 1809 they were part of the Swedish Empire. To vote legally in Finland, you must be at least 18. Finland is the first country to elect women to parliament. Finland's current president is Sauli Niinistö. Physical Location Finland is part of the Nordic countries. It is located…

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    Finland Education System

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    Finland Worldwide education of our children is very important to all. Looking at the country of Finland in comparison with the process used in the United States we can get a better idea of approaches taken by their country which has catapulted them from one of the lower ranked educational countries to the top of the list. The school systems of Finland and the United States vary in many ways. It it is no secret that the United States academics fall well behind internationally when compared not…

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    Nestled tightly right in between Sweden and Russia is the beautiful country of Finland. Most of this country is of low elevation due to giant glaciers in the Ice Age. Granitic rocks eroded out of the ground dot most of Finland, besides giant rocks the glaciers gave Finland another phenomenal feature. Lakes, rivers, and valleys have all been carved out by these glaciers. Thick forests and its contradicing flat lands are also very common. Even though Northern Finland is in the Arctic circle the…

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    Despite the failure of the business in Germany, PPV now is considering relocating the Vogelhaus brand to Finland; the main purpose of this report is to undertake some research on Finland in terms of national culture, HRM style in terms of recruitment, training and performance measurement awards to make some recommendations for PPV for managing future international assignees. Finland locates in Northern Europe, which is the seventh largest country in Europe with least populated in the EU. The…

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    Finland There are several reasons why people decide to migrate to other countries. Whether, it is for education or monetary reason there are immigrants from other countries living in Finland. Individuals generated different opinions regarding immigration because of distinctive reasons. To examine individuals’ attitude towards immigrants is importance to identify the factors that influences such opinions. I would like to investigate how does economic circumstances can influence attitude towards…

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    United States is not top on the list, but rather Finland (976). As a result, the United States invited the director of the Finnish Ministry of Education’s Center of International Mobility, Pasi Sahlberg to come and speak at Dwight School in New York City. Partanen uses the talk to draw comparisons and distinctions between Finn and American teaching philosophies. Partanen feels that most people missed many points in Sahlberg’s Dwight talk, one being the fact that Finland has no private schools…

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    The Finnish Model will work well on reforming the U. S. because it provides equal education and opportunity to everybody. In the country of Finland, “there were no high-tech, interactive whiteboards in her [Kim’s] classroom…no police officer in the hallway” (p. 83). This suggests that these students do not need fancy equipment or armed protection to be the smartest kids in the world. In addition, the Finnish want for everyone to be successful despite their circumstances at home, and one way they…

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    Does attitude vary depending on ethnicity or income status? There could have been more detail provided in that section. In addition, the “Inglehart–Welzel Cultural Map of the World” was limited in that only certain countries were listed. Finland was able to be analyzed based off of this graphic, but Greece was not featured at all. Although I could have assumed where Greece fell on the image based off of prior research, more countries should have been listed. Finally, the independent and…

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    Sibelius https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Sibelius Jean Sibelius, original name Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, born Dec. 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna, Fin and died Sept. 20, 1957, Järvenpää, Finnish composer, the most noted symphonic composer of Scandinavia. He studied at the Finnish Normal School, the first Finnish-speaking school in Russian-held Finland, where he came into contact with Finnish literature and in particular with the Kalevala, the mythological epic of Finland, which…

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    Edith Irene Södergran is undisputedly a pioneer of modernist poetry and feminist thought in Finland-Swedish literature, with the introduction of central European styles and techniques being introduced into Scandinavian literature being accredited almost entirely to her. Her emphasis on duality between the body and the mind, the unapologetic feminist motives and ability to incorporate modernist techniques into her poetry have influenced many writes in both the Swedish speaking community of…

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