I was watching a music video by the group Otava Yo with a German exchange student, where the background was a living museum event in Russian Karjala; Karjala/rice pies were being prepared in the video. Exchange student asked if this was filmed in Finland— no,...
In my opinion, public sector social and health services are more efficient than the private sector, but maybe efficiency is not the only criteria. Society sometimes needs services of less efficient private sector services to allow for (freedom) of choice. Having a...
My mother speaks Sinhala, and I have spoken Sinhala at home until I left home. My primary school education was in Sinhala medium as well. This leaves my Sinhala proficiency at quite a low level. On the other hand, English proficiency is at C1 level at worse because of...