Wednesday

Wednesday the kids went back to school. To help further educate us children, we were gifted with the opportunity to attend Svenska Normallyceum a Swedish speaking grammar school. Finnish schools operate on block scheduling, So the classes lasted for an hour and forty minutes. Our fist class of the day was an Foreign language class, specifically English. The group was asked to present, and teach in front of the classroom ( and to dispel negative American stereotypes). Following English we attended ethics of the judiciary system, we were also asked to present, and we did in fact learn a little bit about Finnish legal processes. This lead into our final class, Science!
     When the day was over the students were lead around the city by Pinja, to explore more of Helsinki's exquisite cafe culture. Cafe hopping soon lead into a meeting with Tommi, and the rest of the Demos think tank. For the next two hours American, and Finnish minds melded into one, to solve the complex issues surrounding Adirondack transportation issues.
     After our meeting with Demos, the group proceeded to attend a community activities group Dodo. The night was marked by presentations from bike enthusiasts, and global alternative economic leaders. But once again we were called to present before the group.
     After our meeting with Dodo we had an interesting dinner of Finnish Korean.