It's 8 a.m. on a cold morning in the suburbs of Helsinki and these primary school children are getting ready for class. This morning's lesson is ancient history - they are reading texts about Egyptian ancient life. I will ask them what they found out from the book. I think we are all ready now. This is a school system that has been among the world's best for years. However, these kids will spend half as much time in a classroom as Australian children. When you go to the first grade at seven years old, the minimum amount of hours is 20 hours a week. It increases as you get older, but it's still less than many countries in Europe or the world...

The image of the teacher in the cinema, the context of sexuality Heterosexual risks on the screen Very often heterosexual risks on the Western screens lie in wait for teachers of secondary and high school. Usually, it is referred to situations of real and false seduction. In this respect both teachers and students can be shown as heterosexual seducers. The drama Risky Business (Les risques du metier, France, 1967) is one of bright examples of false sexual seduction / contact. Here a provincial teacher became a victim of false accusation of sexual harassment of three school students under age...