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I think the Finnish teachers are very

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dedicated. They are really committed to their work.

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They are hardworking

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and they try to do what is best for their students.

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I try to be innovative. I try to do and try new

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things. I try to be passionate because I think that

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is really important and then I try to be student friendly.

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That means that I try to be easy to approach, I try to be a teacher

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that students can come and ask for help, any sort of help

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but still I'm the boss.

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I think that one of the the most important characteristics

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of Finnish school system is the sort of low power

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distance, so we don't have any sort of hierarchical systems

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and I find it very important that my

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students and my pupils call me by my first name so I am Pirjo to

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them, not Mrs. Pollari and also sort of I call my colleagues

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with their first names. And I even sort of call the Principals, the Head

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teachers by their first names. So we are very low

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on the sort of stratification or we don't emphasize

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any sort of a status or power. Everybody is equal

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and that is important.