Tomorrow, December 6th, Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. These days make me and many other Finns look back to earlier generations and their heritage. We must be thankful for them for being where we are today. Among other special things we have an independent, prosperous, democratic and relatively equal country. Personally this is also quite a special year, because my grandpa was born in 1917. He was also one of those young men, who jeopardized their lives to defend their homeland in a war and made it possible, that we are able to live in an independent country today.
So, I highly appreciate this heritage and want to say Happy 100th Independence Day to our beautiful and peaceful country and all the Finnish people.
My name is Ville. I am an education, leadership and municipal administration professional and enthusiast. I am a certified Finnish language and literature teacher, psychology teacher and educational leader in Finland. I have both MA (Finnish) and M.Sc. (Admin.) degrees.
I have taught Finnish language, academic writing and sports psychology at the Lapland University of Applied Sciences in 2025. I am also a proud member of the Society for Viipuri School of Economics, #Vitako. I have been studying supervision since autumn 2025 in a training programme aligned with the requirements of the Finnish Association of Supervisors (STOry) at Careeria, Porvoo.
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