But otherwise I agree with everything! Homework isn't the key to success.

Indeed. Homework is not banned, but they do have a lot less of it, I suppose it depends on the age of the kid. My son is 12 (in the sixth grade) and he does about 30 mins of homework mon-fri. They do a lot of their "homework" together in class.

Yes, the homework banned thing in Finland was new to me too. The last thing I heard was that there shouldn't be grades anymore. And I am sometimes irritated too that Finland is always the land of milk and honey when it comes to education. No, it isn't there are problems and frustrations too. Like in every nation. But at least in my youth I would have loved to rather go to an art orientated school in Finland. Well, I suffered through the German school system. And I sort of can relate to the daughter. I had similar problems. But compared to the present, I think my school stress was relatively tame.

How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? I've seen kids as young as 5 years old sent home with work sheets and homework that take them a good hour to hour and a half after being in school all day. It's ridiculous.

What level of schooling are you currently in, Eppu Jäppinen? Is 5 hours typical for your grade level in Finland? (I'm just curious xD)

Yeah, but at least your homework is Finnish before you even started.

She did that. She sent an email to the school and offered to talk to the teacher and principal of the school. Her tone was polite and she's willing to compromise. This is ongoing. Posting this on social media is drawing crucial attention to this problem.

She did send an email to the teachers and explained her point of view as a responsible mother clearly. I suppose you either didn't read this article or you just don't like the idea of kids not spending 2 hours at home doing homework on daily basis.

She just did get involved & spoke to the teacher. Did you not read this?

I agree, because I'm a grandparent raising a 11 yr old grandson and I volunteer in the lower grade classrooms, since I know from experience what goes on in classrooms! when he wasn't coming home with any homework I found the school had very low standards, which was not a good fit for him... I moved schools where he had 45min-1hr of homework that was reasonable but by mid year he was coming home with a lot more homework! I made a few unannounced visits to his class to find the teacher was not on schedule with the lessons, however the kids were enjoying the open conversation time, but the teachers have lesson requirements to meet, so the kids were bringing home assignments that should've been done in class. Once I found mine was drawing instead of doing his lesson! I explained to him anything not finished at school becomes homework!! Just like many adults bring home work because they spend a lot of their work time on social media!!!