+Huckler Puckler We only pay for the money loan from CSN (Centrala StudiestödsNämnden, basically an agency that loans you money so that you can live in another city during your studies), otherwise everything is completely free. Also, we really don't have to "live on noodles", people who say that don't plan their economy enough. I have studied at a university more than 500 miles away from my hometown for 4 years, and I can often live on less than half of the money that I have left after paying the bills and the rent and actually purchase great foods, even flashy restaurant foods every now and then.
You say schooling is free in Sweden! But I bet you don't say that when they take all your money in taxes!!! I believe you should pay for what you yourself use! You bring your three kids to school and you get a $60000 dollar bill to pay! Why should I pay for your kids education; they aren't my kids!!!! It would sure make the parents more involved in their kid's educations!!!!! Now they could give a shit! But if you forced the idiots to pay out of their own pockets, I bet they would become more interested REAL QUICK!!!!! The people that aren't brain dead know, NOTHING IS FREE!!!!! The reason we in America like things to be handled on an individual basis is because governments are so corrupt! It's reaching it's pinnacle now, and the politicians are robbing the people blind! Nothing is being done because they ALL ARE CORRUPT and way overpaid!!!! No one wants to rock the boat because they all are guilty! The unions have to go!!!
So you're saying a child's chances of success in life should be dictated by the wealth of the parents? Brilliant! I see not a single flaw in that way of doing things! I don't get this whole mindset that taxes are the spawn of Satan. We get a lot of security from what we pay in taxes, equal education, access to healthcare, a safety net in case something bad happens and you end up in a situation where you'd have to sleep on the streets without it, etc. And it's not as simple as "oh you're out of money? Here have some free money to get by!", it's a complicated system where, if you want to get the money, you have to get a receipt for every purchase you make, and they will keep a close eye on what you spend money on. If you buy a new gaming rig with that "free money", you'll get in trouble, of you have too high living expenses, you may be forced to move to a cheaper apartment. The system is rather rigid, and is designed to keep people alive and not on the streets in case they end up in an unmaintainable situation. If you get sick there's another, more flexible system in place, but the last ditch "catch all" system will only keep you alive on the bare minimum. It doesn't incentive "being lazy and not working", but it gives you the opportunity to bounce back if you end up without a job or other means of acquiring money without having to focus on basic survival or turning to crime
@@garybulwinkle82 I disagree. Everyone benefits from living in a country where all have access to quality education. If you educate only the rich, everyone - including the rich - suffers, because you've created a situation where those with money and an education have to pay welfare to those who never had the means to buy their way into good jobs. When everyone has the same quality of education it's easier for society to accept raising the minimum wage to a living wage because we're all contributing to the same quality of life.
ja men dom får man ju inte själv som barn. då kan ju ens morsa köpa vafan dem vill för att det är ju deras pengar. men går man på gymnasium så får man pengarna helt själv.
Being from the south part of Sweden we don’t need to jump into an isvak. Other differences are that you call teachers by their first name and no dress codes.
That's very true, I can't believe I left out the calling teachers by their first names! I would say dress codes are relatively rare in the states except for some private schools!
I've never jumped into a hole in the ice of a frozen lake, despite being from Västerbotten. (For those who doesn't know of Västerbotten; it's a region in north Sweden)
I’m from Sweden and I think you described the Swedish school system very well and I didn’t no much about the American school, so I thought this video was interesting🇸🇪🇸🇪💞💞
11 When you are in the 9th grade you get to pick what subject and school you want to study during High School years, take me for example. I picked "video game development" meaning that along with usual subjects such as Swedish, English, Math, Biology, Physics, PE and so on along with Programming classes. 12 While we go to College for free most people apply for student loans to pay for apartments and some school books, that we then have to pay back and we get about 1000$, 700 of which is loan while the other 300 is just free money, well free for us it comes from tax payers 13 It doesn't cost money to apply for college
The Swedish student loan that you can apply for is managed by a state controlled organisation called "CSN" or Centrala studiestöds nämnden. We don't have any interest on it either so the state doesn't try to scam you for more money than you borrowed, and if you can't pay back you can ask for a smaller monthly fee. You can also ask for a leap year in paying back and in more extreme circumstances you can even ask for a full write of.
@@user-dk3vt you never have to pay.the bidrag back but if if.you go for the loan you will have to pay it back. Also, its.made in such a way that if.you get money to pay it all off you cant. It's based on your income and you usually pay just about a little.more.than interest so it takes a very long time to get rid of.
Very interesting! Here in Ireland it's the same in regards to the teacher/room set up. The students stay put and the teacher moves. The rational is that it's less disruption and more time efficient to have 1 teacher walk between rooms than have two bunches of 30 students milling around in corridors changing rooms!
In sweden it's totally independent on the schools, in my old old school we had certain classrooms for certain subjects. So the science teacher stayed in the science classroom and so on. So that doesn't account for the whole swedish school system.
When I went to school (in Sweden) in the 80-ies and 90-ies the students would stay put for most classes up to and including grade 6. Except for classes like PE, home economics and shop class. Grades 7 and up the students would be the ones to move. Things might be different now or just different in different schools (3xdifferents!!).
The classroom depends a lot on what grade it is. Lower grades tend have fixed homerooms with the teachers going to the classroom, while higher grades tend to have subject rooms where the class changes room between subjects.
@@DivineHellas Swedish schools really are more fair and everyone that has good enough grades will be accepted for university no matter their economic situation
@@Viktorelind Swedish schools are not more fair at all, they carry the exact same factory slavery concept like all other schools around the world no difference. If you believe the fact that they Universities being free has solved the problem then you couldn’t be more confused. No place in the world has there yet existed a fair education system not one, not one place in the world has there existed education yet only indoctrination, it’s sad but true.
About the thing that teachers move classrooms, that is actually not true in every school in Sweden, for me, the students are changing classroom for every subject. And each teacher has their own classroom, so it’s basically the same as in America.
Kapten Apten well where i live, the school district provides free breakfast and lunch meals for public schools. From elementary through High School. Teachers and staff have to pay a small fee for meals if they want to eat at the school or you can bring your own breakfast or lunch. Private schools are a different story. Have have to pay tuition fee every month plus purchased a meal plan for the. child
dont its cold can be lite depresing at whinter so "SL" The company that owns all buses and trains has put anti-depresing lights on all buses and trains
Hey man! I like your channel! It's very interesting to hear your experiences and your view and differences between Sweden and USA. I'm a teacher myself so it was kind of a pleasant surprise to hear you're a teacher as well. I teach music though. The only PE I do currently is clicking the mouse or playing the piano :)
Apparently there is like less than ten countries in the world that think that free food for children is a good idea. If you watch american shows like the Simsons you can probably remember a scene where the bullies take the nerds lunch money.
Well in some countries such as Japan the food is not free at all, so the students have to bring lunchboxes or they'll have to pay for it in the school cafeteria. We Swedes are quite priviliged, but it's rarely acknowledged sadly.
Yeah i got the feeling that many kids in school just complained about the food quality just to have something to complain about. Yeah sure its not a 5 star resturant lvl of quality but it wasent as bad a ppl said.
If it hasn't changed recently, I believe that only Sweden and Finland serve totally free lunches daily to their students. A meal (at least in Sweden) should cost 13,50 Swedish crowns; about $1,65 per student. Since there are always people eating out or eating very little, the small budget evens out for the most part.
Hey Stefan! I like your videos. I wish to say thank you for being such a good ambasador for Sweden. ❤️ Keep up the good work! Greeting from Rex in Sweden.
It deppends on the school you go in and in whitch grade. In the beggining you have the same class room all the time. But when you come to 7-9 you switch rooms. and teachers are in the same room. And still deppends on whitch school you go in. Same when you go in college. The state gives you a bit off free money but the rest you take in lone and have to pay back. And that can take Many many years. Moste people are dun paying off when they are 50 years old. You talk like everywhere in sweden and swedish people are like the same and we are not. Go to Göteborg and there are very friendly open people. Go to more like smaller towns and live there and we greet each other. Yes we are more invert maby and in stockholm everything is more expensive then other places in sweden. But its becouse if you live in stockholm you get more payed then is you live in say Linköping. A pizza in stockholm resturant maby 200kr but in Linköping 85kr. And one more thing. Meny people in sweden dosnt dress nicley everyday. Maby in stockholm. But not everywhere. Sorry for the long comment. But i feelt i have to say something.
A pizza in Stockholm costing 200 kr? Are you serious? The apartments are more expensive due to higher demand and the grocery shopping is a bit more expensive than going to a mediumsized city due to most stores being ICA nära and other smaller stores. Other than that, you can find pizzas that are way cheaper in Stockholm than most other places, but you can also go to a real Italian restaurant and pay 200 kr for a pizza. The variety of restaurants and entertainment are not comparable with the rest of Sweden, so you can find one or the other there. You do have a good point in how different people are in Stockholm compared to basically everywhere else in Sweden and how the loan system works. Also, the salaries are higher in Stockholm, but to be fair, the slightly higher salary is completely devoured by the cost for renting a decent apartment.
Oscar Weberg Yes i agree about the pizza and salary. Deppends where you go offcorse, i have just been in stockholm few times and my first pizza there cost almost 200kr i was in chook. :P and in small towns some things are more expensive to fore milk in exampel. Maby 2kr more somewhere and 2kr less other place. And offcorse the apartments are more expensive becouse off the atraktivness of them. And just becouse its in stockholm. Every city has it own balance maby. Thank you fore youre input :)
Where did you eat pizza?!?! I live in Tyresö just 20 min outside "big" Stockholm and I dont think I ever payed more than 79 kr. for a Pizza here, and I have a friend who used to live right in the middle of Stockholm, and when we went for a Pizza there the prices varied from 84-95 kr, depending on what you wanted on it. I guess it is more expensive living in the thick of the city (I never tried it and I never want to), but if you move just 20-30 minutes out of Stockholm (like me) you'll find a whole bunch of larger stores with cheaper prices on food, and living out in the suburbs of Stockholm is no worries, as the busses/trains go quite frequently and from a lot of locations (thoug the prices are too f-ing expensive, I wont stick that under the rug), and you're going to use the busses/trains a lot anyway, cause driving a car in the city, finding parking (and paying for said parking) is acctual hell. I do agree on the clothes though, even if you see a lot of nicely dressed ppl in Stockholm (me myslef always have dress-shirt and vest for school (now uni, but I used to in High Schol/Gymnasiet too)), but a lot of ppl only wear jeans and a t-shirt, and whenever I'm not at schol I just wear sweatpants and whatever shirt happened to be on top of the pile, and a lot of ppl wear what I prefer to call "hobo-clothes" (i.e. ripped clothes)
And with all the immigrant these days teachers quit because the immigrant kids just dont give a fuck and make a lot of noise and disturb and what not. Its really fucked up compared to only say 5 years ago before all this.
dtiydr - Sweden should not have welcomed so many refugees and immigrants who aren’t willing to integrate, hopefully Sweden will solve this problem asap.
I'm Dutch studying to become a teacher in Sweden as well :D it feels great that there is somebody like you to help me out and help me gather information. Love ur vids man keep em up :)
My school here in sweden is actually has the same schedule system as the schools do in America. And oh the ice water thing is not so fun haha I did I it last year and yeah it’s cold, but it’s good to know! Right? I like the video btw, very fun to see things from another perspective👍🏻👍🏻
As one of those longtime substitutes i agree that the bonding time at lunch is really nice. Really helps you understand the kids you're working with and gives you a chance to earn some respect with the more problematic children, making it much easier to work with them while in class. Just spent a year in college and my god i miss my class, they were all absolute treasures.
Awesome content sir, just discovered this channel and its very entertaining. Your students must be very happy to have you as their teacher. :) Bra jobbat!
Love your video! As a Swede I'm very proud of our educational system because there's so many benefits from taking care of the students since they become educated adults who then end up paying back to the country, both tax wise and work wise. Growing up, we had a whole day called "miljödagen" (environment day) each year where we learned about the traffic rules, how to signal and ride your bike, how to recycle and how to best take care of the environment. We either borrowd bikes from schools or brought our own to test driving in public, which we did all the way through elementary school. Really appreciate your videos, gives a whole new perspective!
Det handlar nog om vilken årskurs du jobbar i! När jag jobbat i lågstadiet har vi pedagogiska luncher där två i arbetslaget äter med barnen. Skolan jag jobbade på införde vid nyårsskiftet gratis lunch - förutsatt att man äter tillsammans med barnen i matsalen. Sen kan man alltid köpa lunch och äta i personalrummet! Men pedagogisk lunch ska vara gratis, men olika skolor kan ha reglering på hur många i personalen som får äta med en klass samt kan det bero på hur gamla barnen är. :-)
Min pappa är resurslärare och äter med eleverna varje dag, s k pedagogisk lunch. Han betalar över 30 kr för lunch. Han har ej möjlighet att äta lunch på egen hand utan måste äta med eleverna.
It really depends on what school you go to and what grade you're in, whether you're in preschool, middle school, high school etc, some schools have the same time table every single day and some schools have completely different time tables depending on the student and the subjects he or she is reading. Often in grades 1-6, students stay in the same classroom and the teachers move around, but in the higher grades teachers have their own home classroom and students walk to different classrooms instead.
Its Good to hear about the difference between the us and the swe systems, considered for a while to study abroad but the tuition fee and living costs was so very expensive so i chose to go to university here and currently taking my teaching degree 📜 thank you for sharing 👏🏻🍰
Hey Stefan, I am a teacher and have a few questions..I am curious..how did you teach before you knew Swedish? Did they let you speak in English to the kids? How did you find the school to teach at and how did you decide on which town to go to? I have considered teaching at international schools..but you are teaching at just regular state schools, right?
I actually appreciate that there is a nuanced evaluation of the student's learning rather than a grade being based on a numeric percentage of questions they get correct. That doesn't necessarily give you the best understanding of what a person's comprehension level is.
Hey Stefan. I did not read all the comments below, so bare with me if this allready been answered. I don´t know if you are familiar with what politicians and I guess a lot of teachers in Sweden complain about the amount of planning, and all the admin stuff they need to do? You seem to like that, and in the US there are not as much time for that. Is your undertanding that this amount of planning is good for the teachers, and that the actual teaching you do is better due to the fact that you had time planning for it? Why I´m asking is because I hear the opposite. Teachers should teach, not do so much admin etc. Teachers should be with the pupils more and so on. Would be cool to hear your point of view. This is a major fact that "we" actually scare people off from becoming a teacher due to the fact that it is a lot more, than actually teaching.
Great video comparing however I think.you forgot one very important and large difference. In America it takes 12 years of school to finish from lower school through high school while in Sweden the students pretty much goes through that in only 9 years. So when the Americans are just finished with High school the Swedish youth are finished with undergraduate college or as in Sweden called Gymnasium.
kids complain about everything because it doesnt taste like their mums homecooked food haha! ;P and fair to say, the food quality and taste varies a lot from school to school and who/where it is made. but as an adult i find it rather good most of the times (once i were one of the complaining kids;) )
In America we do in some school have that type of student scheduling! It's called "modular scheduling". Every day of the week has different classes at different times, which also includes having open periods that juniors and seniors can leave during. At my high school the teachers don't have their own offices exactly but they all have desks in a big room, a different room for each type of subject (Social Studies and Business, English and Foreign Languages, Math; science teachers and phys ed teachers have their own offices as far as I know) so you can go see teachers during your open periods for help or making up classwork/tests (students can also hang out in those places, there's "lounging" areas where it's usually just tables and chairs like in classrooms). Teachers also have schedules for when they have classes, when they're open, when they have supervision duties in other areas of the building for other places that are available for students that are open during the day.
I think I would enjoy the Swedish system after going through an American education. I did have the opportunity to do dance, hiking, swim, etc. in my education. I also think that Sweden seems to value teaching and knows the importance of both teaching and learning with more planning time and more flexibility for students that would teach time management. Plus higher education seems to be more attainable in Sweden. Overall, Swedish education has many pros.
I also want to tell a story about the tacks in Sweden! A former co-worker to my dad and he was American. He were always quite skeptical to the tacks in Sweden and he where always talking about how much money he would made in the Us. He got a son and he got handicapped. When they were at the hospital to do a surgery he thought when he saw the money it coasted the hospital that he where forced to pay 2 million $. When he got the check it was only 50$ and that was the food and the bed that he and his wife had on the hospital🏥
Fortsätt jobba på din engelska. Du har mycket potential. Checka kanske grammatiken lite nästa gång så att du inte har en massa jobbiga jävlar som ska komma och klaga på stavfel mm.
Heh, I remember bathing in a frozen lake as part of school. Thinking back on it, it's actually kind of interesting, and I could see myself doing it again. I remember pumping myself up as I watched everyone else take their turn and jump in, thinking that I'd be tough and that I'd jump in and say "This isn't so bad!". And then, when it was my turn, I jumped in, and I remember thinking "Hey, this actually isn't so bad!". But then I discovered that I could barely speak. And then I felt the cold. I mean, I really felt the cold. It shocked my body so much that I had a very hard time forming words; in fact, I felt like I had a hard time merely breathing. Luckily, there was no risk of any harm coming to me, as people were just one meter away, and I had a rope fastened around my waist. That rope was also a detriment, actually. Not to me, but to one of my classmates who tried to jump in without the person holding the rope being ready. They didn't stand close enough to the hole in the ice, or the rope wasn't long enough; regardless, the end result was that the rope tightened and my classmate tripped and fell in face first. And we caught it on video: ruclips.net/video/d1UuSL54Ru4/видео.html
In Sweden in some schools there are “elevens val” which are that u can do everything u want on a school day as long there are a teacher there. U usually choose what to do. U can usually choose between watching a movie, doing homework or go out for a trip
Kul att höra hur du ser på Sverige i olika perspektiv jämfört med USA, det är många saker som man själv inte har tänkt på. Bor också i Norrköping, fint att se strömmen och universitet som du filmade👍🏼 lycka till i fortsättningen!
the thing about classrooms isn't how it is everywhere. in some schools teachers have their own classrooms. in some schools both students and teachers move from classroom to classroom, and in some schools the students have their own classroom that the teachers come and go to. it also differs from what grade they're in. 1st to 3rd grade the teacher and students usually have their own classroom they always stay in. 4th to 6th it's sometimes the same, sometimes it differs between the three i mentioned in the beginning. 7th to 9th grade is usually either the teachers have their own classroom, or students and teachers move between classrooms.
In my school ( Vet inte om andra skolor har detta :P) the last year students go 2 different countries in europe. Don't know why we do this but It is really cool.
That seems really cool! My school back in the US had an exchange program to Germany. I always think it's awesome when students get a chance to see other countries and cultures.
Is that just your school or every school? I'm in Ireland, and some schools take part in the Erasmus program and do exchanges with schools in other EU countries. France, Spain etc. etc.
Actually we’ve got that kind of thing in our school too, I’m going to France in may and I’m really excited about it:) my exchange student is coming here (Stockholm) in like a month and I’m sooo happy
I'm hoping to do an exchange student program from Canada to Sweden next year, so these videos kinda help me get a feel for what to expect and what to look forward to! Thank you :)
Earth+ as someone that was bullied here in sweden i have to say it’s not too bad. But the teachers are worthless when it comes to bullying and they do not punish the bully.
Yeah but sadly in the US bullying is romanticized because of the government just being more of a reality show with catty fights for cold hard cash than a bunch a leaders coming together as one.
Thank you for giving me a perspective about the differences about SWE Vs US through out your vids. I know that some things are better here in Sweden than in the US but at the same time I feel that we have alot to learn about the more market free society you have in the US and that a more amalgamated way of thinking of our two societies would be beneficiary.
I was so confused when you started talking about the grades and mentioned the E grade.. Then I remembered that oh yeah.. they changed it. When I went to school we had the grades "IG , G, VG and MVG" it's basically "didn't pass, just passed, did a good job and did a great job" loosely translated. The grade below ours were the first to have the new system with the letters. I think the way they graded us were pretty similar to how it is now though, just that now you have more grades to choose from.
In my own experience as someone grown up in Sweden: What you're saying is partially correct. During elementary school and middle school we had set schedules, but onward from there we had something similar to what you showed. Also during elementary- and middle school we had as you described only one classroom and the teachers came and went, but in later grades the students are the ones moving around (or both in uni). I guess all of these things might be dependent on the particular school you visit though. As a side note, I believe the Swedish grading system is more qualitative, and the US more quantitative, but then again I'm also biased. Have a good day!
Nothing is "free" as You pay it with higher tax as You mentioned. Still I think that is a better and more "fair" system for the average person, the majority. As far as private schools being "free" beside the taxes funding it. There are hidden or under the table tricks some use. Like the fancier private schools of gymnasium and higher, like "Procivitas" usually get more applicants than they can take in. If their parents come from nice neighbourhoods of course their kids magicall get a priority on the lists. Of course not officially but most knows how it works. That way it's also easier for the private schools to keep showing a good result, as their students come from the "better" background pool of students, so the schools come off as better at teaching kids and then more parents wants their kids in those school. It's a spiral or circle that feeds itself. If You try to apply to such schools and don't belong to the "right" clientel You have a smaller chance to get in. Even tricks used for schools in nice areas. Like for basic school (class 1-6) they simply blame that they don't have space for Your kids and claim they reserve free spaces if people move in new to their area. As they must always have space for pupils living in their area. I wanted to move my son to another school, than the one we got assigned for him, and all the schools in the "fancy" areas always turned us down blaming it on exactly that. The only school that by law must provide a space is the one You live closest too. So the "free" choice of school is more or less a myth. We live 50 meters away from belonging to a "better" school as he grew up. Now he's past the class 1-6, so now the kids from the "fancy" areas are in the same class as my son anyway as their area don't have a Gymnasium for class 7-9. Social class division do exist in Sweden. Anything else is a myth. The gap between social classes did even grow alot during the 8 years we had a right-wing government. The current left-wing government has done nothing to change that. They don't even have own majority rule, so they don't do much but all just stays the same. The gap might not be as huge or obvious as it is in the US...yet...but Sweden is going towards the same type of division in society.
The worst part of the whole is jumping thing for me was standing on the ice with only socks on waiting for my turn... I mean I was pretty calm with the water and I went out pretty easy but my feet wouldn't get warm for another 20minutes in the sauna.
3:25 Back when I went to school (the 90's) some subjects had their own classrooms with the same teacher usually (Swedish, English, Math, German/French, art, music, workshop and homeroom were the same teachers in the same rooms while things like Religion, Social studies, Chemistry and physics would change rooms and teachers quite a lot).
It depends which school you go to? My cousin lives in Sweden and their teachers have their own classrooms and they go mostly to other classrooms for each lesson and the grades, She said she have never heard about the green yellow red thing it’s like if the student deserves an A then u can get it, it depends on how u , write our if u explain the right term of what the question is then you’re most likely to get an A, and she told me that it’s a guy in her class who is crazy intelligent and without doing an exam he gets an A + and in Sweden teachers don’t give out A+ and it’s cause he is showing that he knows and just paying attention,but it’s probably how ur school is as I wrote before it depends on which school, and she also said if ur in grade 0-6 you mostly stay in the same classrooms and 7-9 switches classrooms all the time and the teachers gets a own room. Or is it just Gothenburg!!!
My dad when he went to school way back in the time had exactly the same grade system. But it was deemed to be unnecessary complex and unnecessary detailed to its was changed to just 1 - 5 instead many years ago and the teachers were very happy. But when I went to school it was changed to word instead like if you were "good" or "very good" or "extremely good" at the subject or the worst "not approved" like if you weren´t there many times or such, but this system was pretty much the same as the number system so dont know why it was changed but it more told how you were sort of speak instead of only a number, I think was the reason which makes sense.
As a teacher you usually work 35hrs/week at the schhol, and have 10hrs of planning time you can distribute as you wish. These 10hrs are to compensate for all the vacation you get the rest of the year. #loveSummerholidays
Very nice and accurate video. I have an opinion tho. The grading system is really accurate, since (in English) you have to be good at writing, speaking etc to be good English, and the grading system really encourage students to show what they know. Fun video tho!
I'm American when I was in high school during lunch 38 yrs ago a 3rd of the kid would be outside smoking marijuana. That went on for years before I was there and a few after. But them days are OVER
A student doesn't have to get an A on every level in Sweden. Example 1: You got an A on every assignment except one (F). Since the rest are A's you can get a F, E or a D in that course. Teachers can move a max total of 2 levels in the grade. Example 2. You got straight A's except one (C). You can get a C, B or an A in that course. Teachers can move 2 steps if they believe that you are qualified for it.
I'm grateful I don't have to understand this grade system! It was better in the old days 🤣! 5 was top, 1 you were either a nutcase or practically never showed up. If you never attended you had " - ", a hyphen. Unfortunately for us that didn't like the teacher and didn't spend a moment every lesson. being extra nice had no chance on a high grade. Well, not always, but too often. This was about "högstadiet" classes 7-9, in the mid seventies. In these years, in my school, neither pupils nor teachers had their own classrooms. There was one corridor with math classrooms, one with classrooms for language lessons (English, French or German), one corridor for Swedish, one or two for the subjects history, geography, religion (!, included a little bit of all common religions, the different varieties of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and maybe some I've forgot) and civics. Chemistry, physics and biology had their own part of the school where there were both regular classrooms for theory and special for experiments. This let the teachers have storage rooms for shared books and other supplies in easy reach. But it was a bit chaotic when teachers and kids tried to find right rooms 😂😂! To be in Sweden It was a large school, eight 7th grade classes, eight 8th grade classes and eight 9th grade classes, between 26 to 30 kids in each. Food was HORRIBLE! Sticky brown gravy, peeled boiled potatoes, that had got cold and reheated several times until they had a new "skin". Minced liver! 🤢! I could go on and on, on what they tried to make us eat. These cheap frozen lunch trays for Micro deserve at least one star in Guide Michelin, compared to what we were fed. "Knäckebröd", Swedish crisp bread, I believe "Wasa" is a brand sold in the US (In early eigthies at least) kept us through school. Knäckebröd, butter and a spice called Aromat. Lucky days we had mashed potatoes (made from powder) on as well! It was as a nineteen century prison. Dry bread and water, we were aloud one glass of milk, but I could't drink milk 😣. That food my son had in school during the nineties was for Gods! Two or three well prepared dishes and a sallad bar! You kids in school today are spoiled. Period on that.
ZuperWilmzz honestly (sometimes, I'm speaking from my personal experience) more like "I want to give you an F but if I did that I'll be forced to do something about it"
Its so fun and interesting to see our school system from another point of view and now I actually feel more grateful for it then before! And also, I just love to watch these videos of things that I take for granted here in sweden🇸🇪🇸🇪
I realize that you probably don't have a ton of data to make a video about special education in Sweden, but I'd love to see one in future! Especially if you can compare and contrast like this one how it differs from the US to Sweden. This video is very helpful! Again, would love to see one in future about how Sweden handles special education.
Interestingly I see many similarities with the french education system: the grading in france is also based on what's called '' validating certain required competences '' for each subject, and now its getting towards eliminating numbered evaluation. The teachers in french system also usually have no more than 18h/week of teaching and 1 entire free day/week, for relaxing or planning, no body obliges you to come or stay at school. Finally teachers also share the same cafeteria as the students.
Another BIG thing to me as non US - when I went though college classes in the US, in Cali the students in 2005 paid $18 per unit and I as non American paid $175 per unit, extra insurance / that is NOT the case if and American comes to Sweden and take classes... It does add up when you take 16 unites per semester....
I’m a teacher from the US, but I am considering teaching in Stockholm. I’m curious to know what the general vibe is like. Maybe you could make a vlog of what a typical day looks like at your school (if the school allows you to do that of course).
Isvak is actually a pretty good thing to do, for safety reasons. Us students gets to learn what to do when we are in the water, how we get ourselfs out of said water, what to say to the people that are helping us and what to do after we get out. It's pretty logical that we learn this as we have so many lakes in Sweden and our activity on said frozen lakes. Isvak is still giving me chills today though.
One thing I've noticed is that detention is really a thing over in the states where as here in Sweden we don't have it. We have a lot of movie classes. Also we go on slot of field trips to other cities.
Taught in China, Kuwait, and my home country USA. Yes, I felt much more overwhelmed in USA with little time for planning, and all the side activities to do between 8 and 3 .
I live in Sweden and I have a friend from the Netherlands who understands Swedish very well and speaks decent Swedish. He has a teachers degree and used to teach in the Netherlands but he is Swedish
0:23 Its actually because of the the huge immigration lately because this was absolutely not the case at al before this. Nowadays they are screaming after teachers since the amount of school classes have instantly grown so much that they have not been able to keep up one bit. So its not that the teachers are badly educated or such absolutely not its just that its unfortunately a huge lack of them nowadays due to this.
It's actually easy to remember our schedule. For example, on monday we go home at 3 pm. on tuesday we go home at 3:30 pm and yeah like that. You just need to remember the diffrent times each day. And it's almost never the same classes each day in a week. But it's still the same subjects every day in a week. So it's diffrent but still the same. And lunch is the same time every day in almost all schools in sweden. I'm super bad at explaining but well, i tried ;D
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Hey you missed that college is free in sweden too
+Huckler Puckler
We only pay for the money loan from CSN (Centrala StudiestödsNämnden, basically an agency that loans you money so that you can live in another city during your studies), otherwise everything is completely free.
Also, we really don't have to "live on noodles", people who say that don't plan their economy enough.
I have studied at a university more than 500 miles away from my hometown for 4 years, and I can often live on less than half of the money that I have left after paying the bills and the rent and actually purchase great foods, even flashy restaurant foods every now and then.
not like they do in the US lol pretty sure no student comes out from their bachelor's degree at age 22 in Sweden with $100,000-$200,000 in debt
You say schooling is free in Sweden! But I bet you don't say that when they take all your money in taxes!!! I believe you should pay for what you yourself use! You bring your three kids to school and you get a $60000 dollar bill to pay! Why should I pay for your kids education; they aren't my kids!!!!
It would sure make the parents more involved in their kid's educations!!!!! Now they could give a shit! But if you forced the idiots to pay out of their own pockets, I bet they would become more interested REAL QUICK!!!!!
The people that aren't brain dead know, NOTHING IS FREE!!!!! The reason we in America like things to be handled on an individual basis is because governments are so corrupt! It's reaching it's pinnacle now, and the politicians are robbing the people blind! Nothing is being done because they ALL ARE CORRUPT and way overpaid!!!! No one wants to rock the boat because they all are guilty! The unions have to go!!!
So you're saying a child's chances of success in life should be dictated by the wealth of the parents? Brilliant! I see not a single flaw in that way of doing things!
I don't get this whole mindset that taxes are the spawn of Satan. We get a lot of security from what we pay in taxes, equal education, access to healthcare, a safety net in case something bad happens and you end up in a situation where you'd have to sleep on the streets without it, etc.
And it's not as simple as "oh you're out of money? Here have some free money to get by!", it's a complicated system where, if you want to get the money, you have to get a receipt for every purchase you make, and they will keep a close eye on what you spend money on. If you buy a new gaming rig with that "free money", you'll get in trouble, of you have too high living expenses, you may be forced to move to a cheaper apartment. The system is rather rigid, and is designed to keep people alive and not on the streets in case they end up in an unmaintainable situation. If you get sick there's another, more flexible system in place, but the last ditch "catch all" system will only keep you alive on the bare minimum. It doesn't incentive "being lazy and not working", but it gives you the opportunity to bounce back if you end up without a job or other means of acquiring money without having to focus on basic survival or turning to crime
@@garybulwinkle82 I disagree. Everyone benefits from living in a country where all have access to quality education. If you educate only the rich, everyone - including the rich - suffers, because you've created a situation where those with money and an education have to pay welfare to those who never had the means to buy their way into good jobs. When everyone has the same quality of education it's easier for society to accept raising the minimum wage to a living wage because we're all contributing to the same quality of life.
Fika should be in the curriculum. Just saying.
Bane No you Dont trust me
Absolutely
Haha, är du Svensk?
Jess ja probaby
Not gonna go to desktop to edit my comment so
I meant probably
You forgot to mention that YOU GET PAID IN SWEDEN TO BE IN SCHOOL, you get 1050 kr from CSN every month
Erik Hallberg aa exakt
Erik Hallberg i grundskolan får dina föräldrar barnbidrag
ja men dom får man ju inte själv som barn. då kan ju ens morsa köpa vafan dem vill för att det är ju deras pengar. men går man på gymnasium så får man pengarna helt själv.
Började få mina pengar i 8an tror jag
Man får sin CSN när man är 18 år. Annars tar föräldrarna pengarna.
Being from the south part of Sweden we don’t need to jump into an isvak. Other differences are that you call teachers by their first name and no dress codes.
That's very true, I can't believe I left out the calling teachers by their first names! I would say dress codes are relatively rare in the states except for some private schools!
I've never jumped into a hole in the ice of a frozen lake, despite being from Västerbotten. (For those who doesn't know of Västerbotten; it's a region in north Sweden)
@@art4023 yea same and i am from norrbottens coast
@@simedinson984 fast jag skulle vilja lära mig det, det kan ju bara bra att kunna
@@art4023 Bor själv i Värmland och har gjort det på idrotten. Rekommenderar det, även om det är fruktansvärt kallt.
I’m from Sweden and I think you described the Swedish school system very well and I didn’t no much about the American school, so I thought this video was interesting🇸🇪🇸🇪💞💞
Ett Konto ”I didn’t No much about...” Menade du ” I didn’t knew/know much about osv ?
eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy det är inte så många svenar här
@@Alleballe05 Det är grammatiskt inkorrekt att säga "I didn't knew", oh the irony
Du menade nog i didin’t know so much about the american school...
Alicia Andersson Det är inkorrekt att säga knew
As a swede living in New York I feel like you did a great at describing both school systems!
Your voice is so relaxing and nice, you fit perfectly as a teacher :D
11 When you are in the 9th grade you get to pick what subject and school you want to study during High School years, take me for example. I picked "video game development" meaning that along with usual subjects such as Swedish, English, Math, Biology, Physics, PE and so on along with Programming classes.
12 While we go to College for free most people apply for student loans to pay for apartments and some school books, that we then have to pay back and we get about 1000$, 700 of which is loan while the other 300 is just free money, well free for us it comes from tax payers
13 It doesn't cost money to apply for college
We do take loans, but then so do alot of americans while they simultaneously get no "bidrag", massive debts and have to pay for tuition as well ;)
The Swedish student loan that you can apply for is managed by a state controlled organisation called "CSN" or Centrala studiestöds nämnden.
We don't have any interest on it either so the state doesn't try to scam you for more money than you borrowed, and if you can't pay back you can ask for a smaller monthly fee. You can also ask for a leap year in paying back and in more extreme circumstances you can even ask for a full write of.
This is not correct. High school.in Sweden is grade 7-9. Comparable to American grade 9-12. Swedish gymnasium is comparable with undergrad college.
@@user-dk3vt you never have to pay.the bidrag back but if if.you go for the loan you will have to pay it back. Also, its.made in such a way that if.you get money to pay it all off you cant. It's based on your income and you usually pay just about a little.more.than interest so it takes a very long time to get rid of.
@@sm6wet you can pay it off directly if you want to. My work payed mine off in one go.
Very interesting! Here in Ireland it's the same in regards to the teacher/room set up. The students stay put and the teacher moves. The rational is that it's less disruption and more time efficient to have 1 teacher walk between rooms than have two bunches of 30 students milling around in corridors changing rooms!
That's very interesting. It seems that is the norm in many European countries because I noticed they did the same thing in Germany as well!
In sweden it's totally independent on the schools, in my old old school we had certain classrooms for certain subjects. So the science teacher stayed in the science classroom and so on. So that doesn't account for the whole swedish school system.
When I went to school (in Sweden) in the 80-ies and 90-ies the students would stay put for most classes up to and including grade 6. Except for classes like PE, home economics and shop class. Grades 7 and up the students would be the ones to move. Things might be different now or just different in different schools (3xdifferents!!).
Vali Zeth that is quite obvious though, but most subjects that doesn't need a lot of extra stuff usually are in one classroom
nigel Mc Hugh it is the same here in Mexico 🇲🇽
The classroom depends a lot on what grade it is.
Lower grades tend have fixed homerooms with the teachers going to the classroom, while higher grades tend to have subject rooms where the class changes room between subjects.
You call Swedish schools “complicated” when really, they are more fair and accurate.
No
Yeah
@@DivineHellas Swedish schools really are more fair and everyone that has good enough grades will be accepted for university no matter their economic situation
@@Viktorelind Swedish schools are not more fair at all, they carry the exact same factory slavery concept like all other schools around the world no difference. If you believe the fact that they Universities being free has solved the problem then you couldn’t be more confused. No place in the world has there yet existed a fair education system not one, not one place in the world has there existed education yet only indoctrination, it’s sad but true.
@@DivineHellas In your mind, what does it take for a school to be fair?
About the thing that teachers move classrooms, that is actually not true in every school in Sweden, for me, the students are changing classroom for every subject. And each teacher has their own classroom, so it’s basically the same as in America.
You still got a ”home classroom” right?
Vänta vrf snackar jag bara inte svenska med dig
Sladd Hahha, ja vi har ett mentor klassrum, men vi är bara där när vi har ”mentor time” annars är det ett no klassrum
Laura Jimenez Galvez that is note true
Laura Jimenez Galvez
Neither did I?
I live in Sweden so I love to see your reactions and how you have experienced Sweden 💖 💖
Irma ILE samma här lol
@@athenaNS I don't get it.
Wait what?!? Food is not FREE in U.S.A i love sweden
Kapten Apten well where i live, the school district provides free breakfast and lunch meals for public schools. From elementary through High School. Teachers and staff have to pay a small fee for meals if they want to eat at the school or you can bring your own breakfast or lunch. Private schools are a different story. Have have to pay tuition fee every month plus purchased a meal plan for the. child
Kapten Apten yes it is free but if you want extra food you need to pay for it
Its "free" for kids, But the tax-payers pay for it... So Its not free
Well for the students it is but if a teacher wants a lunch from the cafeteria they have to pay.
Also I can't understand how they feed kids junk food at school in USA. Fries for school lunch? That is just so odd.
Amazing content man! Thank you for giving me as a swedish student a diffrent perspective on our school system.
I want to live in Sweden now
I want to live in United State now
You don't. belive me
@ Why not?
I live in Sweden! 😊
dont its cold can be lite depresing at whinter so "SL"
The company that owns all buses and trains has put anti-depresing lights on all buses and trains
Hey man! I like your channel! It's very interesting to hear your experiences and your view and differences between Sweden and USA. I'm a teacher myself so it was kind of a pleasant surprise to hear you're a teacher as well. I teach music though. The only PE I do currently is clicking the mouse or playing the piano :)
Thanks so much Fredrik! Music seems like a really fun subject to teach as well :)
I actually have to write a essay compairing Swedish schools to the schools in the US. So thank you for making this really helpful video!
So don’t believe everything he said
I love this! As someone has already written in another video of yours, I also think that you can be a huge yoububer in Sweden, great content!
Thanks so much Elin :)
Haha i love your videos about Sweden! It's really interesting to hear what people think about our blue and yellow country
Blue and yellow, yes, it's definitely not a White country anymore.
Really.
Wait what? The teachers do not get free food in the US? That's really weird tho :P Dunno maybe beacuse I am swedish...
Awsome video :D
swedish teachers pay the school food in the paycheek. so its not free fore swedish teacher to eat.
Apparently there is like less than ten countries in the world that think that free food for children is a good idea. If you watch american shows like the Simsons you can probably remember a scene where the bullies take the nerds lunch money.
Well in some countries such as Japan the food is not free at all, so the students have to bring lunchboxes or they'll have to pay for it in the school cafeteria. We Swedes are quite priviliged, but it's rarely acknowledged sadly.
Yeah i got the feeling that many kids in school just complained about the food quality just to have something to complain about. Yeah sure its not a 5 star resturant lvl of quality but it wasent as bad a ppl said.
If it hasn't changed recently, I believe that only Sweden and Finland serve totally free lunches daily to their students. A meal (at least in Sweden) should cost 13,50 Swedish crowns; about $1,65 per student. Since there are always people eating out or eating very little, the small budget evens out for the most part.
That Ikea lamp Tho😂🤣
I love your content!
Lol accurate 100 likes DO NOT LIKE THIS COMMENT!!!
Hey Stefan! I like your videos. I wish to say thank you for being such a good ambasador for Sweden. ❤️ Keep up the good work! Greeting from Rex in Sweden.
Stumbled upon your content randomly and I actually think you will be an upcoming big youtuber, at least in the swedish community. Gl Hf
That would be really cool, I can't wait to see what the future holds!
Oh, i think you forgot one diffrence, in sweden the students dont have to wear school uniforms! :) I like your videos!!
You're probably thinking of the UK.
imroroyo literally so many public (and ofc private) schools have school uniforms in the us
Yeah but lots don't. Some schools even in Sweden require school uniforms afaik. It's not stipulated by law in the US, compared to UK.
imroroyo It's a rule in sweden to not have a uniform :p
Finns alltid undantag!
www.sshl.se/livet-pa-sshl/uniform/
It deppends on the school you go in and in whitch grade. In the beggining you have the same class room all the time. But when you come to 7-9 you switch rooms. and teachers are in the same room. And still deppends on whitch school you go in. Same when you go in college. The state gives you a bit off free money but the rest you take in lone and have to pay back. And that can take Many many years. Moste people are dun paying off when they are 50 years old. You talk like everywhere in sweden and swedish people are like the same and we are not. Go to Göteborg and there are very friendly open people. Go to more like smaller towns and live there and we greet each other. Yes we are more invert maby and in stockholm everything is more expensive then other places in sweden. But its becouse if you live in stockholm you get more payed then is you live in say Linköping. A pizza in stockholm resturant maby 200kr but in Linköping 85kr. And one more thing. Meny people in sweden dosnt dress nicley everyday. Maby in stockholm. But not everywhere. Sorry for the long comment. But i feelt i have to say something.
A pizza in Stockholm costing 200 kr? Are you serious? The apartments are more expensive due to higher demand and the grocery shopping is a bit more expensive than going to a mediumsized city due to most stores being ICA nära and other smaller stores.
Other than that, you can find pizzas that are way cheaper in Stockholm than most other places, but you can also go to a real Italian restaurant and pay 200 kr for a pizza. The variety of restaurants and entertainment are not comparable with the rest of Sweden, so you can find one or the other there.
You do have a good point in how different people are in Stockholm compared to basically everywhere else in Sweden and how the loan system works. Also, the salaries are higher in Stockholm, but to be fair, the slightly higher salary is completely devoured by the cost for renting a decent apartment.
Oscar Weberg
Yes i agree about the pizza and salary. Deppends where you go offcorse, i have just been in stockholm few times and my first pizza there cost almost 200kr i was in chook. :P and in small towns some things are more expensive to fore milk in exampel. Maby 2kr more somewhere and 2kr less other place. And offcorse the apartments are more expensive becouse off the atraktivness of them. And just becouse its in stockholm. Every city has it own balance maby. Thank you fore youre input :)
Where did you eat pizza?!?! I live in Tyresö just 20 min outside "big" Stockholm and I dont think I ever payed more than 79 kr. for a Pizza here, and I have a friend who used to live right in the middle of Stockholm, and when we went for a Pizza there the prices varied from 84-95 kr, depending on what you wanted on it. I guess it is more expensive living in the thick of the city (I never tried it and I never want to), but if you move just 20-30 minutes out of Stockholm (like me) you'll find a whole bunch of larger stores with cheaper prices on food, and living out in the suburbs of Stockholm is no worries, as the busses/trains go quite frequently and from a lot of locations (thoug the prices are too f-ing expensive, I wont stick that under the rug), and you're going to use the busses/trains a lot anyway, cause driving a car in the city, finding parking (and paying for said parking) is acctual hell. I do agree on the clothes though, even if you see a lot of nicely dressed ppl in Stockholm (me myslef always have dress-shirt and vest for school (now uni, but I used to in High Schol/Gymnasiet too)), but a lot of ppl only wear jeans and a t-shirt, and whenever I'm not at schol I just wear sweatpants and whatever shirt happened to be on top of the pile, and a lot of ppl wear what I prefer to call "hobo-clothes" (i.e. ripped clothes)
Come to Norsborg south side of Sthlm and you won’t find no pizza for 200 kr dafuq
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Stefan, you popped up in my general youtube channel and I just wanted to say you are a natural at this. Thanks for the upload!
The thing you said about the lack of teachers is soo true! Most of the teachers here doesn't even like their job and that makes them worse at it ;/
thats a horrible disservice the the rising generation!
And with all the immigrant these days teachers quit because the immigrant kids just dont give a fuck and make a lot of noise and disturb and what not. Its really fucked up compared to only say 5 years ago before all this.
dtiydr - Sweden should not have welcomed so many refugees and immigrants who aren’t willing to integrate, hopefully Sweden will solve this problem asap.
Are you from SWEDEN.
I'm Dutch studying to become a teacher in Sweden as well :D it feels great that there is somebody like you to help me out and help me gather information. Love ur vids man keep em up :)
My school here in sweden is actually has the same schedule system as the schools do in America. And oh the ice water thing is not so fun haha I did I it last year and yeah it’s cold, but it’s good to know! Right? I like the video btw, very fun to see things from another perspective👍🏻👍🏻
As one of those longtime substitutes i agree that the bonding time at lunch is really nice. Really helps you understand the kids you're working with and gives you a chance to earn some respect with the more problematic children, making it much easier to work with them while in class. Just spent a year in college and my god i miss my class, they were all absolute treasures.
Awesome content sir, just discovered this channel and its very entertaining. Your students must be very happy to have you as their teacher. :) Bra jobbat!
Tack så jätte mycket :)
Love your video! As a Swede I'm very proud of our educational system because there's so many benefits from taking care of the students since they become educated adults who then end up paying back to the country, both tax wise and work wise.
Growing up, we had a whole day called "miljödagen" (environment day) each year where we learned about the traffic rules, how to signal and ride your bike, how to recycle and how to best take care of the environment. We either borrowd bikes from schools or brought our own to test driving in public, which we did all the way through elementary school.
Really appreciate your videos, gives a whole new perspective!
Never heard of free lunch for teachers. My father has been teaching for like 10-15 years and he always pays like 25-30 kr for a lunch.
the hell do you go to for school?
Det handlar nog om vilken årskurs du jobbar i! När jag jobbat i lågstadiet har vi pedagogiska luncher där två i arbetslaget äter med barnen. Skolan jag jobbade på införde vid nyårsskiftet gratis lunch - förutsatt att man äter tillsammans med barnen i matsalen. Sen kan man alltid köpa lunch och äta i personalrummet! Men pedagogisk lunch ska vara gratis, men olika skolor kan ha reglering på hur många i personalen som får äta med en klass samt kan det bero på hur gamla barnen är. :-)
Min pappa är resurslärare och äter med eleverna varje dag, s k pedagogisk lunch. Han betalar över 30 kr för lunch. Han har ej möjlighet att äta lunch på egen hand utan måste äta med eleverna.
Vad dåligt av skolan! Speciellt om han inte har möjlighet att äta utan eleverna.
Alla lärare betalar sin mat på ett eller annat sätt
It really depends on what school you go to and what grade you're in, whether you're in preschool, middle school, high school etc, some schools have the same time table every single day and some schools have completely different time tables depending on the student and the subjects he or she is reading. Often in grades 1-6, students stay in the same classroom and the teachers move around, but in the higher grades teachers have their own home classroom and students walk to different classrooms instead.
When you've lived in Sweden your whole life and didn't know some of the things on the list
Same
Really interesting and nice to hear your thoughts on Sweden. Makes me as a Swede think. I enjoy your videos and you seem like a good guy. Rock on 🤘
When I was in school in the U. S. We had E as the highest grade ( E for excellent) so basically an E was an A
Its Good to hear about the difference between the us and the swe systems, considered for a while to study abroad but the tuition fee and living costs was so very expensive so i chose to go to university here and currently taking my teaching degree 📜 thank you for sharing 👏🏻🍰
Oh no, i'm doing "isvak" this year! 😬
Albin Larsson i hope u survive😂
I did it last year
Love this. Definitely miss fika. You forgot to mention how healthy the lunches are. Field trips and outdoor sports is highly encouraged in Sweden.
Hey Stefan, I am a teacher and have a few questions..I am curious..how did you teach before you knew Swedish? Did they let you speak in English to the kids? How did you find the school to teach at and how did you decide on which town to go to? I have considered teaching at international schools..but you are teaching at just regular state schools, right?
I actually appreciate that there is a nuanced evaluation of the student's learning rather than a grade being based on a numeric percentage of questions they get correct. That doesn't necessarily give you the best understanding of what a person's comprehension level is.
Hey Stefan. I did not read all the comments below, so bare with me if this allready been answered. I don´t know if you are familiar with what politicians and I guess a lot of teachers in Sweden complain about the amount of planning, and all the admin stuff they need to do? You seem to like that, and in the US there are not as much time for that. Is your undertanding that this amount of planning is good for the teachers, and that the actual teaching you do is better due to the fact that you had time planning for it? Why I´m asking is because I hear the opposite. Teachers should teach, not do so much admin etc. Teachers should be with the pupils more and so on.
Would be cool to hear your point of view. This is a major fact that "we" actually scare people off from becoming a teacher due to the fact that it is a lot more, than actually teaching.
Great video comparing however I think.you forgot one very important and large difference. In America it takes 12 years of school to finish from lower school through high school while in Sweden the students pretty much goes through that in only 9 years. So when the Americans are just finished with High school the Swedish youth are finished with undergraduate college or as in Sweden called Gymnasium.
I love how Free lunch is the best part for you when most students in Sweden hates the lunch that get served LOL
Hahah yes I guess I appreciate it more than some who are used to it
Yes, we take it very much for granted and thats kinda sad. :)
kids complain about everything because it doesnt taste like their mums homecooked food haha! ;P and fair to say, the food quality and taste varies a lot from school to school and who/where it is made. but as an adult i find it rather good most of the times (once i were one of the complaining kids;) )
I miss my school lunches 😍
Onyx that’s true. At the same time we’re on of the most spoiled countries in the world.
In America we do in some school have that type of student scheduling! It's called "modular scheduling". Every day of the week has different classes at different times, which also includes having open periods that juniors and seniors can leave during. At my high school the teachers don't have their own offices exactly but they all have desks in a big room, a different room for each type of subject (Social Studies and Business, English and Foreign Languages, Math; science teachers and phys ed teachers have their own offices as far as I know) so you can go see teachers during your open periods for help or making up classwork/tests (students can also hang out in those places, there's "lounging" areas where it's usually just tables and chairs like in classrooms). Teachers also have schedules for when they have classes, when they're open, when they have supervision duties in other areas of the building for other places that are available for students that are open during the day.
When I first heard that you had to bring your own food in the USA, I was shocked!😉😉 I come from 🇸🇪
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I think I would enjoy the Swedish system after going through an American education. I did have the opportunity to do dance, hiking, swim, etc. in my education. I also think that Sweden seems to value teaching and knows the importance of both teaching and learning with more planning time and more flexibility for students that would teach time management. Plus higher education seems to be more attainable in Sweden. Overall, Swedish education has many pros.
I also want to tell a story about the tacks in Sweden! A former co-worker to my dad and he was American. He were always quite skeptical to the tacks in Sweden and he where always talking about how much money he would made in the Us. He got a son and he got handicapped. When they were at the hospital to do a surgery he thought when he saw the money it coasted the hospital that he where forced to pay 2 million $. When he got the check it was only 50$ and that was the food and the bed that he and his wife had on the hospital🏥
tax*
Lucas Waldner Ahnell Vafan e tacks
Noah Rahal han menar skatt (tax)
Fortsätt jobba på din engelska. Du har mycket potential. Checka kanske grammatiken lite nästa gång så att du inte har en massa jobbiga jävlar som ska komma och klaga på stavfel mm.
When I'm in Sweden I do a lot of tacks. Tack, tack, tack!! All the time.
Cheers man, really helpful. I would be transferring from the UK and this was still relevant
Heh, I remember bathing in a frozen lake as part of school. Thinking back on it, it's actually kind of interesting, and I could see myself doing it again. I remember pumping myself up as I watched everyone else take their turn and jump in, thinking that I'd be tough and that I'd jump in and say "This isn't so bad!". And then, when it was my turn, I jumped in, and I remember thinking "Hey, this actually isn't so bad!".
But then I discovered that I could barely speak. And then I felt the cold. I mean, I really felt the cold. It shocked my body so much that I had a very hard time forming words; in fact, I felt like I had a hard time merely breathing. Luckily, there was no risk of any harm coming to me, as people were just one meter away, and I had a rope fastened around my waist.
That rope was also a detriment, actually. Not to me, but to one of my classmates who tried to jump in without the person holding the rope being ready. They didn't stand close enough to the hole in the ice, or the rope wasn't long enough; regardless, the end result was that the rope tightened and my classmate tripped and fell in face first. And we caught it on video:
ruclips.net/video/d1UuSL54Ru4/видео.html
In Sweden in some schools there are “elevens val” which are that u can do everything u want on a school day as long there are a teacher there. U usually choose what to do. U can usually choose between watching a movie, doing homework or go out for a trip
There really is a HUGE lack of qualified teachers in Sweden. Also, thanks for explaining the grade system, I've been confused for almost 8 years lol.
Kul att höra hur du ser på Sverige i olika perspektiv jämfört med USA, det är många saker som man själv inte har tänkt på. Bor också i Norrköping, fint att se strömmen och universitet som du filmade👍🏼 lycka till i fortsättningen!
gilla om du är svensk XD
Jag är svensk
Jag är svensk
Ja jag prata svensk
Skoja bara
Jag är svensk
the thing about classrooms isn't how it is everywhere. in some schools teachers have their own classrooms. in some schools both students and teachers move from classroom to classroom, and in some schools the students have their own classroom that the teachers come and go to. it also differs from what grade they're in. 1st to 3rd grade the teacher and students usually have their own classroom they always stay in. 4th to 6th it's sometimes the same, sometimes it differs between the three i mentioned in the beginning. 7th to 9th grade is usually either the teachers have their own classroom, or students and teachers move between classrooms.
In my school ( Vet inte om andra skolor har detta :P) the last year students go 2 different countries in europe. Don't know why we do this but It is really cool.
Det är nog specifikt för er skola, jag har inte det och vet ingen annan som har det heller
That seems really cool! My school back in the US had an exchange program to Germany. I always think it's awesome when students get a chance to see other countries and cultures.
Is that just your school or every school? I'm in Ireland, and some schools take part in the Erasmus program and do exchanges with schools in other EU countries. France, Spain etc. etc.
nigel Mc Hugh I go to a private school so it Think it is just out school :P
Actually we’ve got that kind of thing in our school too, I’m going to France in may and I’m really excited about it:) my exchange student is coming here (Stockholm) in like a month and I’m sooo happy
I'm hoping to do an exchange student program from Canada to Sweden next year, so these videos kinda help me get a feel for what to expect and what to look forward to! Thank you :)
What happened? Did You?
How about bulling among students, compared to the US?
Earth+ as someone that was bullied here in sweden i have to say it’s not too bad. But the teachers are worthless when it comes to bullying and they do not punish the bully.
Yeah but sadly in the US bullying is romanticized because of the government just being more of a reality show with catty fights for cold hard cash than a bunch a leaders coming together as one.
Thank you for giving me a perspective about the differences about SWE Vs US through out your vids. I know that some things are better here in Sweden than in the US but at the same time I feel that we have alot to learn about the more market free society you have in the US and that a more amalgamated way of thinking of our two societies would be beneficiary.
Jag bor också i Norrköping. I’m also living in Norrköping!!!
Stay were you are!
I’m coming for you!
Norrköping squaaaad xD
I Skåne måste vi inte lära oss att komma upp ifrån bruten is? Det vi gör att att simma med kläder på däremot
KingLuigi 252 vi i Kristinehamn (Värmland) gör varken eller. 😉
Jag bor i Linköping
in secondary school in Sweden (grade 7-9) you usually move from classroom to classroom between classes
Omg we did isvak just a few weeks ago!!
How old are you?? I had no idea that it was something we had to do😳
Mayor Of Simpleton I'm in ninth grade but it isn't a must in my school at least it's only for those who want to participate
This is so weird lol. My sister was using her RUclips account from my phone and I accidentally answered using hers. 😂😂😂
We were supposed to do isvak but there are no ice!!
We dont have to
I was so confused when you started talking about the grades and mentioned the E grade.. Then I remembered that oh yeah.. they changed it. When I went to school we had the grades "IG , G, VG and MVG" it's basically "didn't pass, just passed, did a good job and did a great job" loosely translated. The grade below ours were the first to have the new system with the letters. I think the way they graded us were pretty similar to how it is now though, just that now you have more grades to choose from.
Why do I love these videos about Sweden? I don't know maybe cause I am swedish😂 Awsome video tho
In my own experience as someone grown up in Sweden: What you're saying is partially correct. During elementary school and middle school we had set schedules, but onward from there we had something similar to what you showed. Also during elementary- and middle school we had as you described only one classroom and the teachers came and went, but in later grades the students are the ones moving around (or both in uni). I guess all of these things might be dependent on the particular school you visit though. As a side note, I believe the Swedish grading system is more qualitative, and the US more quantitative, but then again I'm also biased. Have a good day!
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LUSSEBULLE!
watched your video for the first time and i loved it! you have a nice voice, really easy to catch what youre saying.
Atomikku, Is that your name? :D
I am Swedish and I learn Japanese by myself, just wondering if I said your name right
Nothing is "free" as You pay it with higher tax as You mentioned. Still I think that is a better and more "fair" system for the average person, the majority.
As far as private schools being "free" beside the taxes funding it. There are hidden or under the table tricks some use. Like the fancier private schools of gymnasium and higher, like "Procivitas" usually get more applicants than they can take in. If their parents come from nice neighbourhoods of course their kids magicall get a priority on the lists. Of course not officially but most knows how it works. That way it's also easier for the private schools to keep showing a good result, as their students come from the "better" background pool of students, so the schools come off as better at teaching kids and then more parents wants their kids in those school. It's a spiral or circle that feeds itself. If You try to apply to such schools and don't belong to the "right" clientel You have a smaller chance to get in. Even tricks used for schools in nice areas. Like for basic school (class 1-6) they simply blame that they don't have space for Your kids and claim they reserve free spaces if people move in new to their area. As they must always have space for pupils living in their area. I wanted to move my son to another school, than the one we got assigned for him, and all the schools in the "fancy" areas always turned us down blaming it on exactly that. The only school that by law must provide a space is the one You live closest too. So the "free" choice of school is more or less a myth. We live 50 meters away from belonging to a "better" school as he grew up. Now he's past the class 1-6, so now the kids from the "fancy" areas are in the same class as my son anyway as their area don't have a Gymnasium for class 7-9.
Social class division do exist in Sweden. Anything else is a myth. The gap between social classes did even grow alot during the 8 years we had a right-wing government. The current left-wing government has done nothing to change that. They don't even have own majority rule, so they don't do much but all just stays the same.
The gap might not be as huge or obvious as it is in the US...yet...but Sweden is going towards the same type of division in society.
The worst part of the whole is jumping thing for me was standing on the ice with only socks on waiting for my turn... I mean I was pretty calm with the water and I went out pretty easy but my feet wouldn't get warm for another 20minutes in the sauna.
jumping into frozen lakes? thank god i done with school xd
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Back when I went to school (the 90's) some subjects had their own classrooms with the same teacher usually (Swedish, English, Math, German/French, art, music, workshop and homeroom were the same teachers in the same rooms while things like Religion, Social studies, Chemistry and physics would change rooms and teachers quite a lot).
It depends which school you go to? My cousin lives in Sweden and their teachers have their own classrooms and they go mostly to other classrooms for each lesson and the grades, She said she have never heard about the green yellow red thing it’s like if the student deserves an A then u can get it, it depends on how u , write our if u explain the right term of what the question is then you’re most likely to get an A, and she told me that it’s a guy in her class who is crazy intelligent and without doing an exam he gets an A + and in Sweden teachers don’t give out A+ and it’s cause he is showing that he knows and just paying attention,but it’s probably how ur school is as I wrote before it depends on which school, and she also said if ur in grade 0-6 you mostly stay in the same classrooms and 7-9 switches classrooms all the time and the teachers gets a own room. Or is it just Gothenburg!!!
The grade thing is not true, everyone has a color thingy.
Kallas kunskapskrav
My dad when he went to school way back in the time had exactly the same grade system. But it was deemed to be unnecessary complex and unnecessary detailed to its was changed to just 1 - 5 instead many years ago and the teachers were very happy. But when I went to school it was changed to word instead like if you were "good" or "very good" or "extremely good" at the subject or the worst "not approved" like if you weren´t there many times or such, but this system was pretty much the same as the number system so dont know why it was changed but it more told how you were sort of speak instead of only a number, I think was the reason which makes sense.
In the so called 'higher stadium', teachers usually have their own classrooms (:
And mellanstadiet sometimes
As a teacher you usually work 35hrs/week at the schhol, and have 10hrs of planning time you can distribute as you wish. These 10hrs are to compensate for all the vacation you get the rest of the year. #loveSummerholidays
When your in grade 7-9 or 6-9 you switch classrooms
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Classrooms also depend on the school
Very nice and accurate video. I have an opinion tho.
The grading system is really accurate, since (in English) you have to be good at writing, speaking etc to be good English, and the grading system really encourage students to show what they know. Fun video tho!
I'm just watching this video to learn about how American schools work😂👌
I'm American when I was in high school during lunch 38 yrs ago a 3rd of the kid would be outside smoking marijuana. That went on for years before I was there and a few after. But them days are OVER
A student doesn't have to get an A on every level in Sweden.
Example 1: You got an A on every assignment except one (F). Since the rest are A's you can get a F, E or a D in that course. Teachers can move a max total of 2 levels in the grade.
Example 2. You got straight A's except one (C). You can get a C, B or an A in that course. Teachers can move 2 steps if they believe that you are qualified for it.
I'm grateful I don't have to understand this grade system! It was better in the old days 🤣! 5 was top, 1 you were either a nutcase or practically never showed up. If you never attended you had " - ", a hyphen. Unfortunately for us that didn't like the teacher and didn't spend a moment every lesson. being extra nice had no chance on a high grade. Well, not always, but too often.
This was about "högstadiet" classes 7-9, in the mid seventies.
In these years, in my school, neither pupils nor teachers had their own classrooms. There was one corridor with math classrooms, one with classrooms for language lessons (English, French or German), one corridor for Swedish, one or two for the subjects history, geography, religion (!, included a little bit of all common religions, the different varieties of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and maybe some I've forgot) and civics. Chemistry, physics and biology had their own part of the school where there were both regular classrooms for theory and special for experiments.
This let the teachers have storage rooms for shared books and other supplies in easy reach. But it was a bit chaotic when teachers and kids tried to find right rooms 😂😂!
To be in Sweden It was a large school, eight 7th grade classes, eight 8th grade classes and eight 9th grade classes, between 26 to 30 kids in each.
Food was HORRIBLE! Sticky brown gravy, peeled boiled potatoes, that had got cold and reheated several times until they had a new "skin". Minced liver! 🤢! I could go on and on, on what they tried to make us eat.
These cheap frozen lunch trays for Micro deserve at least one star in Guide Michelin, compared to what we were fed.
"Knäckebröd", Swedish crisp bread, I believe "Wasa" is a brand sold in the US (In early eigthies at least) kept us through school. Knäckebröd, butter and a spice called Aromat. Lucky days we had mashed potatoes (made from powder) on as well! It was as a nineteen century prison. Dry bread and water, we were aloud one glass of milk, but I could't drink milk 😣.
That food my son had in school during the nineties was for Gods! Two or three well prepared dishes and a sallad bar!
You kids in school today are spoiled. Period on that.
an E in sweden basically means "you tried"
ZuperWilmzz honestly (sometimes, I'm speaking from my personal experience) more like "I want to give you an F but if I did that I'll be forced to do something about it"
Its so fun and interesting to see our school system from another point of view and now I actually feel more grateful for it then before! And also, I just love to watch these videos of things that I take for granted here in sweden🇸🇪🇸🇪
If Sweden had a better climate, I would live my whole life there. People are actually prosperous there, no poverty at all.
I realize that you probably don't have a ton of data to make a video about special education in Sweden, but I'd love to see one in future! Especially if you can compare and contrast like this one how it differs from the US to Sweden. This video is very helpful! Again, would love to see one in future about how Sweden handles special education.
BRA!
ja bra
Skit bra
R.i.p. bra.... eller kan man säga så R.i.p. me
Emil Stålnacke hoppas inte du menade det på engelska
stoneheart vad betyder bra på engelska?
Well, this is awsome. Haha. Proud too be Swede, watching your videos. Superb👊
You make me appreciate Sweden even more 💕
Interestingly I see many similarities with the french education system: the grading in france is also based on what's called '' validating certain required competences '' for each subject, and now its getting towards eliminating numbered evaluation. The teachers in french system also usually have no more than 18h/week of teaching and 1 entire free day/week, for relaxing or planning, no body obliges you to come or stay at school. Finally teachers also share the same cafeteria as the students.
Another BIG thing to me as non US - when I went though college classes in the US, in Cali the students in 2005 paid $18 per unit and I as non American paid $175 per unit, extra insurance / that is NOT the case if and American comes to Sweden and take classes... It does add up when you take 16 unites per semester....
I’m a teacher from the US, but I am considering teaching in Stockholm. I’m curious to know what the general vibe is like. Maybe you could make a vlog of what a typical day looks like at your school (if the school allows you to do that of course).
Isvak is actually a pretty good thing to do, for safety reasons. Us students gets to learn what to do when we are in the water, how we get ourselfs out of said water, what to say to the people that are helping us and what to do after we get out. It's pretty logical that we learn this as we have so many lakes in Sweden and our activity on said frozen lakes.
Isvak is still giving me chills today though.
I hope you stay for a long time, we really could use you! thank you for your service!
One thing I've noticed is that detention is really a thing over in the states where as here in Sweden we don't have it. We have a lot of movie classes. Also we go on slot of field trips to other cities.
Taught in China, Kuwait, and my home country USA. Yes, I felt much more overwhelmed in USA with little time for planning, and all the side activities to do between 8 and 3 .
Doing a compare and contrast essay about Sweden and the us. Thanks!
I live in Sweden and I have a friend from the Netherlands who understands Swedish very well and speaks decent Swedish. He has a teachers degree and used to teach in the Netherlands but he is Swedish
0:23 Its actually because of the the huge immigration lately because this was absolutely not the case at al before this. Nowadays they are screaming after teachers since the amount of school classes have instantly grown so much that they have not been able to keep up one bit. So its not that the teachers are badly educated or such absolutely not its just that its unfortunately a huge lack of them nowadays due to this.
It's actually easy to remember our schedule. For example, on monday we go home at 3 pm. on tuesday we go home at 3:30 pm and yeah like that. You just need to remember the diffrent times each day. And it's almost never the same classes each day in a week. But it's still the same subjects every day in a week. So it's diffrent but still the same. And lunch is the same time every day in almost all schools in sweden. I'm super bad at explaining but well, i tried ;D