Finland on my mind by Qianqian XU https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid en-us 2017-11-18 14:05:38 UTC 2026-02-26 19:52:39 UTC hello@padlet.com The Sauna xuqq977 https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/211533072 When I came to Finland. I realized that Sauna is the most common way of life in Finland. In Finish culture, the sauna is a place to rest and cleanse mind and body. Nobody don’t like saunas. It has more advantages to do this. According to research, It can improve blood circulation, boosts metabolism, lowers blood pressure and so on. And saunas are used for socializing as well as bath. As we all know, the Finns are usually very introverted but friendly. They tend to live a certain distance from others, and don’t like to talk to others. But the sauna can make a chance for them to speak with great candour about what’s on their minds. It has narrow the distance between people. In short, sauna is a healthy life style. In my country, the sauna just be a recreational project in our daily life. And I never try it. I promise I will try it when I in Finland.]]> 2017-11-29 17:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/211533072 The Finnish Past xuqq977 https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/212020198 After watching video, I knew a lot about Finnish past. Finns are almost speak Finnish. It has 5.5 million native speakers and 4.9 million of them living in Finland. Finnish is one of the 2 official languages in Finland, and Swedish which is spoken by 5% of the population. In the 12th-13th centuries, Sweden conquered Finland and Finland became a province of their country. Therefore, Swedish was the language of administration. In 1809, Russia seized Finland from Sweden in a war and made it become part of the Russian Empire. Eventually, Finland gained independence from Russia on 6.12.1917. And the most important thing is that 2017 is Finland's 100 years of independence. How worthy of celebration！

And what made me surprised is that Finland was one of the first country to give women the right to vote and it is also the first country to have a female President. Therefore, women here are more independent than other countries.

Finland has more than 5 million people approximately and foreign community accounts for only 1.5% of the population. But there has a problem is over half of the voters are over 50 years old. Finland has become the country with the most serious population aging in the world.]]> 2017-11-30 18:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/212020198 The Future of Finland From Economy xuqq977 https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/212535487 Finnish Ministry of economy said that since the global financial crisis, Finland’s wages have surpassed those of Germany and Sweden by as much as 20% points. Lack of competitiveness in wages will push Finland’s jobless rate this year to 8.9%, the highest in the Nordic region.

IMF pointed out that Finland’s higher ranking among developed countries obscures the massive deficiencies in the country’s economy. If these problems are not solved, then the Finnish economy will fall into a sustained and slow growth for many years to come.

Sipila said he was aware of the challenges ahead.
]]> 2017-12-02 18:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/212535487 Education/work experience xuqq977 https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/214667498 I stated elementary school when I was 7 years old. Before that I have went to kindergarten for three years. In china, there has Nine-year compulsory education. There have three basic qualities of compulsory education, compulsory, public welfare and unity. That means all the school-age children and juveniles need accept education. The most important thing is that they won’t charge any education fees in nine years. Coming to Finland is my sixteenth year of my education. I found there have any different from China. As we all know, Finland’s education is the most best in the world. Many people and the media now treated Finland as the “world’s first nation” in education. In Finnish schools, the definition of “good grades” is very broad， and is not limited to achieving good grades in one or a few subjects. Finns provide a very broad and rich range course for students, including vocational high schools course. In addition, they never give up the children who are learned slowly. Enhancing the study ability of the poor learners is also an important focus of Finland’s focus strategy. And Finland opposes any form of “classification” or “ranking” of student grades. This benefit is to protect the student’s self-esteem. On the contrary, in China, the definition of good students is in the grade of good or poor and ranked the grades after done the exam. And the course is baldness. In Finland, we will always have group discussion in every class, it’s a good way to learn more knowledges by this way. I like Finland’s education system.

And I never had work experience before. But I will do it when I graduated in next year. I am really looking forward to this. Hoping I can get a dream work in future.
]]> 2017-12-08 22:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/214667498 Everyman's right xuqq977 https://padlet.com/xuqq977/d9lhj994szid/wish/214669572 Finland is a natural wonderland with more trees than people and more island than any other nation in the world. Around 10% of Finland is covered by water and 69% of the country is covered by forests. It used to be said that Finnish lived on her forests alone. The Finns have the right to enjoy the Finnish nature freely. Of course, everyone has responsibility to respect nature, other people, and property.
 
And here is a list of the main rights and responsibilities:
 
You may:
  • walk, ski or cycle freely, except very near people's homes, or in fields and plantations which could easily be damaged.
  • camp out temporarily, a reasonable distance from homes
  • pick wild berries, mushrooms and flowers, as long as they are not protected species
  • fish with a rod and line
  • use boats, swim or bathe in inland waters and the sea
  • walk, ski, or drive a motor vehicle or fish on frozen lakes, rivers and the sea.
 
You may not
  • disturb people or damage property
  • disturb reindeer, game, breeding birds, their nests or young
  • let pets off leash
  • cut down or damage trees
  • collect moss, lichen or fallen trees from other people's property
  • light open campfires without permission, except in an emergency
  • disturb people's privacy by camping too near them or making too much noise
  • leave litter
  • drive motor vehicles off road without the landowner's permission
  • hunt without the relevant permits
  • fish with nets, traps, or a reel and lure without the relevant permits

In China, we also have many natural parks, and it has similar rules to Finland.
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