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今天，Penni為大家?guī)矸姨m教育創(chuàng)業(yè)者 Tuomas Kauppinen 的來信。他對(duì)海外學(xué)習(xí)深感受益，現(xiàn)在從事著幫助芬蘭學(xué)生到亞洲留學(xué)，以及將芬蘭教育帶給更多學(xué)生的事業(yè)。

他說：

許多年以前，我作為一名交換生到上海學(xué)習(xí)，這件事改變了我的人生軌跡。不僅我的職業(yè)生涯，我的個(gè)人生活也從此改變。我創(chuàng)辦了自己的公司 Asia Exchange，幫助芬蘭學(xué)生到亞洲求學(xué)。我自己也搬到香港生活，在那里組成了一個(gè)幸福的家庭。對(duì)來到上海之后發(fā)生的一切，我十分感激。

學(xué)生流動(dòng)是教育中很重要的事，我覺得每個(gè)人的一生都應(yīng)該出國學(xué)習(xí)一次。

我相信，教育是最強(qiáng)大的武器，強(qiáng)大到足以改變?nèi)说拿\(yùn)，強(qiáng)大得可以改變世界。所有人都應(yīng)得到好的教育。好的教育可以幫助學(xué)生發(fā)展興趣、探尋世界、了解自己。我認(rèn)為，從這個(gè)方面來看，芬蘭教育是“好教育”的一種范例。

在教育行業(yè)從業(yè)十余年，我從未停止過增加學(xué)生在亞洲和歐洲之間流動(dòng)的夢(mèng)想。關(guān)于教育，我最近的目標(biāo)是想在2020年以前，引導(dǎo)15萬名各國學(xué)生到芬蘭留學(xué)，從而使芬蘭的“好教育”系統(tǒng)變得全球可得。不過我知道，這對(duì)于全球龐大的學(xué)生群體來說，還是一個(gè)很小的數(shù)字。

當(dāng)教育可以變得沒有界限，就像現(xiàn)在全球化的世界一樣，我的教育夢(mèng)想就將實(shí)現(xiàn)。

Q: What is your story about education?

Tuomas: I was an exchange student in Shanghai back many many years ago, it was a life-changing experience, not only in terms of my career life but also of my personal life. I started my own business called Asia Exchange. It helps students to study in Asia and I moved to Hongkong, have a happy family there. I am grateful for everything happened after Shanghai. Student mobility is so important on education, so that I believe everyone should have a chance to study abroad, at least once in a life! 

Q: What do you think is good or ideal education? Or what kind of people should our "education” nurture?

Tuomas: I believe education is the most powerful weapon, powerful enough to change destiny, powerful enough to change the world. All human deserve good education. And what is good education is the one that can help students discover interests, discover world, discover themselves. I believe, in this sense, Finnish education is a great model for a “good education”. 

Q: What is your hope when it comes to education? 

Tuomas: As an entrepreneur who has been working in education industry for over ten years, I have never stopped the dream to promote students mobility between Asia and Europe, or even in the whole world. My latest goal of education is to bring 150,000 international students to Finland by 2020, to make the best education system accessible to the world. And I know this is even a small number in terms of the bigger picture of student mobility globally. When education can become boundless just like the globalized world, my dream of education will come true.

Tuomas 現(xiàn)在也是幫學(xué)生到芬蘭留學(xué)的初創(chuàng)公司EduNation的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人。

你對(duì)交換學(xué)習(xí)、出國留學(xué)怎么看？你有沒有對(duì)教育很有感觸的某一瞬間？ 請(qǐng)來信告訴我們吧！

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