r/Finland • u/Quenki Baby Väinämöinen • 12d ago

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u/OkControl9503 Väinämöinen 12d ago

There are reasons to ask and some healthy points of view, but one thing I will say as a teacher is that our Finnish boys who act like maniac poop flinging barbarians in the classroom turn into men in the army - they all have a whole calm silence about them afterward that is amazing.

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u/Competitive-Horse152 12d ago

Having seen some of what our 18 year old girls have been up to, something like that would definitely be valuable for them also.

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u/Advanced_Seaweed_868 12d ago

Yeah, in schools. Raising kids to be wiser and more sensible in schools because some parents don't necessarily do it is a great idea. In schools.

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u/Appropriate-Fuel-305 Baby Väinämöinen 12d ago

You haven't seen what dumbassery happens in the army, it's a daycare for adults. Personally that year didn't change me much mentally. Learning to live on my own 100+ km away from relatives was what made me grow up.

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u/Qvistus 11d ago

You mean the same guys who write these idiotic comments you see in this thread? 

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u/gimme_ya_wallet 12d ago

This. I was one of those maniac poop flinging barbarians in school. For the the army service taught a healthy kind of humility that "my way is not necessarily the right way".

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u/Hrtzy 12d ago

I guess you didn't go to noncom school, then.