Exchange students 2018-2019

Exchange students 2018-2019

Jolanda Varis reporting: INTRODUCING Paola Méndez Contreras, Iroha Nagamine, Wadi Abimeri, Cameron Butler and Kota Iijima, this year’s exchange students in Klassikka. Paola and Wadi both came to Finland from Mexico, Cameron from Canada whereas Iroha and Kota are from...
Tapas tasting

Tapas tasting

Ella Mustonen reporting: It’s almost ten o’clock on the 25th of May 2018 and Katri Hurvi, Suvi Toivanen and Tiia Koponen are walking to the Office of OAJ Kuopio. Today they would have their Spanish exam but they have already done it during the period. On the exam days...
My Exchange Year In Klassikka

My Exchange Year In Klassikka

Written by Kohta Tsuchiya Nowadays, the education system in Finland is very famous in Japan, and many Japanese people particularly students are interested in it. Because it is reported in newspaper or news on TV that Finnish education system is unique and good for...
A cultural interview

A cultural interview

Jolanda Varis reporting: Furano Maruyama is a Japanese exchange teacher who was in Kuopio from January to April 2018. I interviewed her some time ago and she told me some things about Japanese schools as well as her opinion of Finnish and Japanese students. I wanted...
On a visit from Japan

On a visit from Japan

Ella Mustonen reporting: She does her studies in English. She has played the cello since she was a five-year-old child. Her name is Madoka Nakajima, she’s 17, and she was our school exchange student for three weeks in March 2018. Madoka came to Kuopio in early...