[Sonya]

What do people really want in this world? Is it the best education possible, followed by a top job, career pressure, burn-outs, endless competition for status-symbols, what? Children in finland go through 9 years of elementary school, after which if one decides to go to high school, 3-4 years of that, followed by circa 4-6 years of university studies. School,reading, homework, pressure of competition, large schools, etc etc. are a burden from early childhood to adult age. Not everybody is made for this! Most people give up at some point, realising that this is not what I want from life. By the way, how many adults have you heard answering to a child’s question about a mathematical problem:’Yes, I know this one…I just can’t seem to remember right now.’ What do people generally remember from school? The methods of teaching are questionable. How many books do we read in school, probably hundreds, and what do we remember of them? This fact has frustrated some people into giving up their academic careers. ‘Settling for less’ is a universal phenomenon. To observe this we would have to dig very deep into school& teaching structures, childhood, psychology, anthropology, culture structures and culture-related behaviour. Maybe people are meant to live a peaceful family-life, the way nature intended it…maybe there are people who dont care about status-symbols or having a lot of money. To some, people, family, friends etc. are more important than cars or careers.

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Name : Sonya, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Humanist, Age : 20, City : oulu, State : IN, Country : Finland, Occupation : Student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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