Is this ability/education that has led to the tyranny of mediocrity the reason for Finland's continued economic decline?
When a young person chooses vocational education rather than upper secondary school and then higher education. The reasons may often be these.
Shorter education.
After that, they can earn money with small student loans.
Higher education does not guarantee a job, even with several degrees.
Higher education is 10 years behind in wealth growth - when a vocationally educated person has a job, an apartment, a car, a summer cottage and a family at the age of 30 - many higher education graduates still have none of these - only a lot of student debt.
The question is - how many very talented people do not go to upper secondary school and higher education for these reasons.
An even bigger question is - has the nation decisively lost its talent potential, causing the national economy to drag on for decades - when too many talented people are in performance-level professions.
In the situation, increasing higher education places and other educational tricks will not help - when the nation's talents choose the shorter vocational education path. When, realistically speaking, higher education does not motivate from the start and wants to immediately get to a financially secure life.
What to do. At least certainly that before choosing vocational studies/high school, young people are mass tested for their abilities.
What is sad in this situation is the politicians' cheap populist middle-income tax reduction. Which only strengthens the tyranny of mediocrity..
When on the contrary, they should be taxed more to fill the wealth gap between individuals.
Should a tax be imposed on vocationally educated people to secure the nation's talents in higher education. Which would support the higher education of the talented people found in mass tests. In other words, in practice, they would be picked from the vocational education path to the higher education path - where their abilities can flourish, which does not happen in a vocational education career.
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