Previously Swedish language was mandatory subjet for school kids starting from 6th class meaning 12 year old kids. English courses start for 10 year olds.
But a new law states that the students need to learn a second language but it doesnt matter what language it is. (English is always the third language eventhough teaching it starts before the second language teaching does, the reasoning is that English never was official language in Finland but Swedish and Russian have been) The school needs to find proper teacher for a language but it doesnt need to be Swedish, it could as well be Russian or even Estonian. German is also popular in some places.
The strange thing was that not even in East Finland there was a single school that would want to start teaching Russian. They all are going to continue Swedish like they did before. But nobody speaks Swedish in East Finland natively and there are no public services in Swedish.
There is a deeper problem there: if you start your second language as something else than the Swedish, then you need to continue your second language in high school. It will be very difficult to find a high school where the second lanugage is something else than Swedish.
But there is a county where Russian is being taught: Tohmajärvi county. 30% of the students are taking Russian but not as their second or third language but as their fourth language.
True Finns in Satakunta region (South West Finland, very Swedish area some centuries ago, genetically still Swedish/Germanic but linguistically 100% Finnish) are wondering how it is possible that there are no schools interested in taking other languages than Swedish, they think it is weird as Swedish is a remnant of the past and no longer useful in Finland. They themselves recommend more English.
Christian Sullivan
wow nice
Christian Moore
This is disgusting.
Dylan Lewis
>Swedish area some centuries ago, genetically still Swedish/Germanic
Simply ebin bait. Satakunta was Saami then Finnish speaking.
Jack Flores
May Finland speak Swedish for another 700 years
Bentley Ross
>But there is a county where Russian is being taught: Tohmajärvi county. 30% of the students are taking Russian but not as their second or third language but as their fourth language. Gorzhus', bliad'!
Best finlandia lets dance lizginka and cut americans heads off with our dagistanian swords
Jose Rogers
mmmm
Tyler Campbell
hmm, I think I'd rather learn Swedish than Russian, there are more things to do there, more things to see, and the people are friendlier.
Parker Garcia
Actually Finns should be learning Norwegian and move to Norway for work
Dylan Flores
Why would they still even teach Russian at all. Seems surprising to me.
Daniel Evans
>and the people are friendlier. its more like problem if you're finn
Evan Davis
This Everyone in Europe will speak French from now on The God-Emperor has declared it and whomsoever dares refuse his glorious majesty, shall be guillotined henceforth
Jeremiah Powell
God kväll mina herrar. Jag hoppas att ni har gjort era läxor? Ni vet väl vad som händer annars?
Gavin Ramirez
Out out out Ruskie jew! You have Palestinian blood on your hands!
Levi Perry
SVEN'D
Liam Young
Bljad :DDD
Adrian Bell
WTF why all finnish girls look like Haapasalo?
Carson Allen
This guy looks like a generic Russian
Parker Nelson
>languages why do yuros make their life so complicated?
John Perez
Ok. So, why all finnish girls look like generic Russian man?
Sebastian Evans
>be American >grunting instead of talking
Gabriel Fisher
>country of 5 mil waste time learning language with 10 mil speakers for what purpose?
David James
We learn English in Finland :)
Justin Carter
without question, given the choice, Norway is even better.
Ryder Turner
Why are their heads so enormous
Robert Garcia
big brains require big head
Samuel Johnson
Hmm...are you trying to make Finnish men fuck Russian men?
