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Re:What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart? by Philosophaster on Saturday July 26, 2008 @02:24PM (#257672)
"Teachers maybe still care little bit about there students and think the main difference is that we are expected to learn and know more from the start. I started learning a second language when I was on first grade and third language on fifth grade."

I've heard people speculate that learning more than one language early on encourages a certain "flexibility" of mind that helps with knowledge acquisition in general.

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