Submitted by Marianne (not verified) on April 30, 2008 - 17:50.
My husband, children and I lived in Sweden for 8 years. While I homeschooled my children there for all but the last year, Sweden has a much more commonsensical corriculum then we have here in the US. The US should send people to countries like Sweden who have such success in their social systems to find out what their secret is. One of their secrets is respect for their citizens, even the children. The American Government is really very authoritarian with her citizens. Swedish schools make socializing children a priority. They use kindness and psychology rather than threats. Children who know how to behave and who have Universal values will naturally do better in school. Chidren are not asked to compete. They are not made to feel bad if they aren't able to keep up. They are reasured. While Swedes believe in freedom, they don't give freedom to perverted people to pervert the nation by allowing just anything on TV or in their libraries. Sweden isn't perfect. There are things I objected to, but at the same time, I hate to say it, because I love our country, we have the best constitution in the world, but something is wrong, I think we spend too much time with our electronic sedative. I have come to think of the US as third world since I have lived in Sweden. We can do better than we are doing!
Can we afford what Sweden is doing? The American people are paying and estimated 2 trillion dollars anually on crime. We are loosing money trying to save it. We can't afford not to.
Schools in Sweden
Submitted by Marianne (not verified) on April 30, 2008 - 17:50.
My husband, children and I lived in Sweden for 8 years. While I homeschooled my children there for all but the last year, Sweden has a much more commonsensical corriculum then we have here in the US. The US should send people to countries like Sweden who have such success in their social systems to find out what their secret is. One of their secrets is respect for their citizens, even the children. The American Government is really very authoritarian with her citizens. Swedish schools make socializing children a priority. They use kindness and psychology rather than threats. Children who know how to behave and who have Universal values will naturally do better in school. Chidren are not asked to compete. They are not made to feel bad if they aren't able to keep up. They are reasured. While Swedes believe in freedom, they don't give freedom to perverted people to pervert the nation by allowing just anything on TV or in their libraries. Sweden isn't perfect. There are things I objected to, but at the same time, I hate to say it, because I love our country, we have the best constitution in the world, but something is wrong, I think we spend too much time with our electronic sedative. I have come to think of the US as third world since I have lived in Sweden. We can do better than we are doing!
Can we afford what Sweden is doing? The American people are paying and estimated 2 trillion dollars anually on crime. We are loosing money trying to save it. We can't afford not to.