It's harder to be a teacher in Finland than it is to be a doctor because they wanted to change the culture in their country. They focused on the education system to do it, starting with kindergarten on through. That's how they've focused and have made a cultural change in 20 years. Specifically that's Finland, not Scandinavia as a whole but Finland.
I think that goes to the culture you're talking about. If you want to change the culture, you have to start at four years old and five years old.