As someone who used to live in Finland, their "success" is mostly driven by an excellent student:teacher ratio and a phenomenal social services system. Any adul

As someone who used to live in Finland, their "success" is mostly driven by an excellent student:teacher ratio and a phenomenal social services system. Any adult who is struggling through a crisis will be helped by a system that 1) doesn't stigmatize 2) is able to retain talent (because they probably only make 10% less than a software engineer so you have many more capable people interested in it). Conversely, education in America fails for people in low socio-economic conditions primarily because of a lack of these two, not because Finland's found a magical/effective way of teaching an average 10-year-old kid.