The United States and Denmark are very different in so many ways, but they also have common aspects. Their educational systems, economies, life styles, cultures, and legal systems share differences as well as commonalities, although they are in different parts of the world.
The United States public education is regulated by the United States Department of Education. (1) They say children are required in most states to attend school from age six to eighteen, but some states allow students to leave school at the age of sixteen and seventeen.(1) The US has many private and public institutions of higher education competing against each other and according to the prominent international rankings 13 or 15 American colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world.(1) There is also some lower tuition, open admission policies, and shorter academic programs school called Community College.(1) Of most Americans twenty-five and older 84.6% finished high school, 52.6% attended a college, 27.2% finished college and got a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% went back to school and earned graduate degrees.(1)
The languages in the US are English (only) 225.5 million, Spanish, incl. Creole 34.5 million, Chinese 2.5 million, French, incl. Creole 2.0 million, Tagalog 1.5 million, Vietnamese 1.2 million, German 1.1 million, and Korean 1.1 million.(1) The religions that are taught and have belief in the US are 78.4% believe in Christianity, 51.3% Protestant denominations, 23.9% Roman Catholicism, 4.7%non Christian religions.(1) The leading non Christian faith were Judaism 1.7%, Buddhism 0.7%, Islam 0.6%, Hinduism 0.4%, and Unitarian Universalism 0.3%.(1) The survey also reported that 16.1% of Americans described themselves as agnostic...
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...looking at the information I have researched, it appears that the United States and Denmark are just as much alike as they are different. The educational systems, economies, life styles, cultures, and legal systems of both countries are unique to each country as well as similar to each other.
Works Cited
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_states
(2) http://dr-fdtc.com/cultural-differences/frames.html
(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_system
(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law
(5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nafta
(6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark
(7) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Denmark
(8) http://www.indexmundi.com/denmark/legal_system.html
(9) http://www.visitdenmark.com/uk/en-gb/menu/turist/turistinformation/fakta-az/political-system.htm
(10) http://www.nationmaster.com/country/da-denmark/lif-lifestyle
They are all known as the Nordic Welfare States. Especially gender equality and the well-being of the individual are seen as the main characteristics from a foreign perspective. But every Welfare State of the different nations does not fit the perfect social democratic model and has a unique policy. From a Swedish domestic view it all started to increase the living standard of the Swedish people and the number of children to secure the surviving of the state. Using the Danish Welfare State to compare to Nordic countries both started from different points. While Denmark had more agriculture, Sweden had a stronger industry. Nevertheless both countries’ welfare history can be divided into similar periods as described for Sweden before. The second and third period share the most similarities: increasing state intervention, greater social democratic influence, universal social benefits based on citizen rights with a strong public sector and a focus to solve family and gender disadvantages. The oil crisis in the 1970 changed the political landscape differently than in Sweden. The universal support was widely criticized and the power of the market grew again. The focus shifted from the individual well-being towards the duties of the individual receiving state benefits. Another difference was the early EU-membership of Denmark. The special Danish labor market can be described
A high school education is no longer sufficient to succeed in America’s increasingly complex economy. However, because of the high price point of a college education, far too many Americans are unable to afford education beyond high school. As shown in the graph below, the higher level of education received greatly increases the chances for employment and also dramatically increases the average salary potential of an individual.
Finland and the US have a pretty similar government structure. In Finland, you have to be at least 18 to buy certain types of alcohols. In the US at 18 you can enter most bars. In Finland, at the age of 20 you can buy all types of alcohol, but in the United States, you have to be 21 to buy alcohol. Finland is a republic, but the US is a federal republic. Finland has a government with 5 branches and the US has 3. Finland has six-year president terms. the United States has four-year president terms. In both Finland and the US, presidents can have two terms. Finland's current president is Sauli Niinisto. The United States current president is Donald Trump. Finland wrote their constitution
The American Education System has been a core component to the development of generations since it became a public system in the 1870s. Since then more rules, higher expectations for some, and even lower expectations for others have been added to the original structure. In recent years, many debates have surfaced over whether the American education system is failing. Too few they believe the American Education System is on the right track. Most researchers however have shown statistics that it is in fact slowly declining as new acts and regimens are added. It has been on a downward spiral for years and citizens have been watching it happen, the lack of government funding, acts like the No Child Left behind Act, focus in the wrong places, and the curriculum set up is acting as a deterrent for success.
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This nation has always prided itself in seeking knowledge. The truth is that for many, it is difficult to obtain a higher education than that of a high school diploma. However, the issue we face is that we are in a time and age that requires our workforce to have the best possible education to have a fighting chance for a decent job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the premier government source for information on jobs, shows that only 27 percent of jobs in the U.S. economy currently hold a college degree (associate degree or higher). This is a dangerous statistic to be facing when this nation needs to remain competitive in the workforce against competitors in other countries. In 2012, a study was conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in which the United States was rated fourth in the world for being the most educated country; leaving Canada, Israel and Japan in the top consecutive slots and placing our nation with only a slight narrow advantage over New Zealand and South Korea. This seems like good enough of a reason for more people to want to push themselves for a higher education. However, the biggest problem that faces most people today in the United States is how to pay for college. According to research conducted through a non-profit organization called The
This is not an educational issue but a political one which needs to be changed as soon as possible. The United States can no longer be falling behind on education or else the percentage of students failing to graduate high school and not attending college will just increase therefore it will create a decline in the economic status of the country as education has become the weapon and power to any society or community’s success. For example if you compare major developed countries such as Singapore and Japan you can see that their main focus is educating their kids and public in order to sustain a strong background.
Public Schools in America for a long time were regarded as the best public schools in the world, but with the development of Asian and European schools American schools are not ranked as highly. American Public schools in 1999 were ranked sixteenth and seventeenth in science and math right behind Bangladesh. Some students are graduating from high school with little more than an inadequate ability to read and a diploma that should mean the student knows at least the core subjects. Other students are dropping out and not graduating at all. Colleges are not trusting diplomas and grade point averages as a basis of admissions because they know that with the large variety of classes that high schools offer as credit that the student may not know as much as his or her GPA says. Colleges are recalculating GPA's deleting non-core classes and evaluating SAT and ACT scores for the purpose of admissions. Colleges also have to offer more remedial classes to teach students what they should have learned in high school. Something needs to be done to reform America's public schools especially at the high school level.
Income inequality in the United States is directly correlated with education decline over the past 40 years. People with lower incomes tend to have less opportunities for a good education than those with higher incomes. American education, when compared to other nations, has dropped dramatically due largely to a rise in income inequality since the 1970s. Not only has economic inequality lead to academic decline and disparity, but academic disparity has also tended to lead to further economic inequality. Because of this, improving the American education system can effectively decrease the income gap. If done correctly, the usage of an alternative school model, specifically the private school model, rather than the usual public school model can reduce economic inequality.
In America, there are many ethnic groups with many varieties of language. The U.S. was created through many people from different countries migrating to the new states. In the U.S. there is an “official speech” which is in the English language. The language of both these countries is not only different in meaning and sound, but also reflects the way in which the people in these societies live, believe, and function. Religion usually plays a big part in the cultures of the world and is the basis for their beliefs and values.
The ability to gain a degree in any field of study is highly important in American society, possessing skills and knowledge over your job emphasizes the significance of higher education. Especially, for job promotions that would cause someone to make more than their fellow colleagues. In our increasingly competitive economic society, having the minimal of a high school diploma is not enough to provide financial stability nor will it help to compete in a workforce in which the best-educated are the ones that are rewarded the most. Therefore, higher education is a crucial necessity in order to move up the socioeconomic ladder and qualify for higher paying jobs. The rising costs of college, however, is making it harder for Americans to obtain
Schooling and education in the past were only attended and given to rich, wealthy people and males. In the Greek education system, only males were given the opportunity to go to school, while the women and slaves stayed home and worked. Education in America has some of the average test scores and lower grades in the world, and there are many problems with the system itself. According to a poll taken by registered voters, lack of school choices wasn’t a very big issue compared to the number of votes that said that absence of parental involvement and budget cuts were. When students graduate from high school, there is a good portion that are not fully ready for college. There are at least twenty things that are very important skills in life that
School plays an important role in our lives. Many people will spend more than fifteen years at school in order to get the qualifications that are required to work in a specific field. Those years are broken down into several levels, some of them being more enjoyable than others. Two very important levels that people go through are high school and college. Even though some think that these levels are almost the same, there are significant differences between them. The cost of high school is not the same as the cost of college. Also, some differences apply from an academic point of view. Typically, the social environment also differs from high school to college, which can be related to the question of freedom versus responsibility.
A great event back in the 19th century, were the speech from Abraham Lincoln to declare the slaves free. But still, he didn't want them to have the same social and political rights. The situation got better for the colored people in some parts of the world, but not the same as the white people. This case repeats itself after Luther Martin King had made his famous speech “I have a dream”. The situation got better for colored people, but there was still hatred against colored people, including Sweden.
Public school is a type of education that most people in the United States are the most comfortable with, simply because it has been around