Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t).

Re:Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t). by wmoxam on Monday October 17, 2011 @12:20AM (#3119145)

I guess it depends on what you consider 'diverse'. You seem to only consider skin colour.

Besides, Canada is more like 80% 'white' vs 72% in the US.

An interesting tidbit you may not know is that less then 60% of Canadians speak English as their mother tongue, vs 82% in the US.

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Re:Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t). by DilipJ on Wednesday October 19, 2011 @11:36PM (#3133336)

Right, but a majority of those non-English speakers in Canada are in Quebec speaking French. I can't imagine there's that much of an IQ difference between French- and Anglo-Canadians...

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Re:Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t). by wmoxam on Friday October 21, 2011 @10:25AM (#3139868)

Actually the non-english speakers are split evenly between french speakers, and speakers of other languages.

The discussion was about diversity (and the imagined lack thereof in Canada), not about IQ ...

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