I saw Daniel Kahl speak this weekend. He's a very talented speaker, good at grabbing the audience's attention and holding it. Plus, he does it all in his 2nd language! It's quite a sight to see.
As for the content of the speech, well, it was another "I love Japan" speech, much like last year's by Diane Kichijitsu. You've probably heard a lot of it before. I wasn't as impressed with the content as I was with the delivery. But if you have the chance, by all means see him speak sometime.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
What Do Finns Do?
I was looking up international test score rankings the other day just for fun, and I noticed something very interesting - Finland is the top-ranked country in all 3 categories tested - literacy, science, and math. Why is this? Again, according to Internet sources, they don't spend the most money or time on education. So what are they doing so differently from what people do here or in the US? I ought to take a trip to go see!
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