Does that sound like an impossible thing? Well, throw that idea into the garbage bin. I have a good reason to wave the blue and white flag, as Finland got in the 1st place in the PISA study AGAIN!!!


http://www.pisa.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/8/39700724.pdf


The PISA survey is the most comprehensive and rigorous international yardstick of secondary-school students' attainments. PISA 2006 was held in 57 countries that together account for nearly 90% of world GDP. It tested students on how much they knew about science and their ability to use scientific knowledge and understanding to identify and address questions and resolve problems in daily life. It also examined student performance in reading and mathematics, and collected data on the student, family and institutional factors that can help explain differences in performance.
For advance details of individual countries' performance in the PISA 2006 survey, click on the link below. Full details and analysis will be published by the OECD at 10.00 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday 4 December 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin

Honey-bunnyyyy...

Hong Kong is #2 and Canada is #3

Nordic-kulta, Pidän sinusta oikein paljon. Kiinalaisten ja suomalaisten lapsista tulee kauniita!

Let's make intelligent, little bunnies

So the USA apparently slipped again, not surprised to hear this.

At least good to hear that Scandinavian countries are making it on the top of the list in something *good.*

Yeah... go blondies!
We needed the help after that hideous 'smarter than a 5th grader' post! HAha

"If you can't be kind, be vague."

A smart blonde woman can be a very powerful woman indeed.

My hazy memories remembers the irony of Lisa Kudrow being insanely brainy but playing a dumbass in friends.

A vegetarian who eats fish is like a pacifist who occasionally punches a small child in the face!

I thought the majority of Fins weren't blondes?

Anyway - in my experience, the dumb blondes tend to be the fake blondes (w/ the heavily peroxided hair).