Love / A Polish Married Girl Rocks my boat!! [54]



well then why do you need the advice stated in your first post? maybe this is just a troll.


well start by thinking you are selfish to the nth degree regardless of what you think. fact.
and if a woman cheats on her man with you, then she'd cheat on you too. fact

there are plenty more fish in the sea. fact

if you think that you 2 will live happily ever after then you're dumb. fact

i had this dilemna when i first came to poland but i never pursued things to the point you obviously have and am glad that i didn't make those choices. have some courage and self-respect there are plenty of great women all over the world but if you continue to act like the cad you have been then i sincerely doubt you'll attract the right kind of woman. actually, never mind, i hope you keep it up and maybe, just maybe, the husband can catch you 2 and give you what you want-rip.

USA, Canada / Possibility of bringing back a Polish person to America? [5]

if you want an accessory then i'm sure you can find one in usa. going to another country in search of a woman to bring back home sounds like a guy is looking for a "relationship" where he holds all the cards-pathetic really. Ok i'm f***ing off again. cheers

Love / More beautiful Polish women: in Warsaw or Krakow? [37]

tasteless and banal this thread is, ok i'm f***ing off now. cheers.

Life / Teachers and teaching styles in Poland [6]

Interesting...
I'd say, whatever you do, put the oweness on them to do the speaking. Make sure it's motivating and actually gives them a reason to communicate in another english. if they are rowdy or bored that's a clear indication that either motivation or stimulation provided by the teacher and or materials is lacking. Encourage them through proper preparation to do the lion's share of the communication in both questions and answers.

As far as correcting, it really depends on what you can do well and the language being focused on.

Ensure that whatever vocabulary or grammar you want them to practice (as a main goal) is either pre-taught or just remind them of that if they know it BEFORE your activities.

moving between being the "teacher" and observing facilitator can also work.

I'm not sold on the idea that a teacher can actually teach a language at all. A language can be explained only to a degree; I think it's common enough that some teachers confuse their teaching students about a language (or just talking a lot)with students actually acquiring language skills.

Good luck

Work / For all English teachers in Poland (who work for only $1000 a month) [102]

ahh i guess we agree to disagree then. i guess i just see it as almost putting it in people's faces, but maybe i'm looking at this from a half-empty perspective. anyway i do see your point though.

Life / Is drinking water in Poland good? [96]

for what it's worth by buffalo springfield, whenever i've made the mistake of drinking tap water it has come back to bite me in the arse, literally.

Work / For all English teachers in Poland (who work for only $1000 a month) [102]


AGREED!
as well, maybe I'm just old fashioned but isn't putting your income up a little bit "gutter" or at least just bad form?

Life / POSITIVES ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH PEOPLE.... [119]

Polish weddings!

Law / Do non-eu residents residing in Poland require Polish driving license? [20]

have one from where you're from and do an in and out every 3 months (sucks) or get an accompanying international driver's permit to go with your regular licence (it expires when your licence expires but only lasts a year from issue). There are at least a couple threads already about it so do topic search on this website if you're curious for more (hope this doesn't come off as curt, but it's popped up too often as of late).

Cheers

Life / POSITIVES ABOUT POLAND AND POLISH PEOPLE.... [119]

how about, things always seem to be improving here? seems pretty positive to me.

UK, Ireland / Polish doctors fly over just to work in the UK [15]

^^^very true, only Polish people, no other nationalities will do anything for money and make false promises, absolutely none.*sarcasm off*

Life / From North America to Poland [17]

why on earth were you not sent to a school of where you'd speak the language and it looks like you and your folks have to plan stuff together a lot more, this could have been a great experience for you.

Really what the hell were your folks thinking? That it would be pretty freakish to try and get used to if you've gone to a canadian system your whole life is sort of a gimme in your scenario.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

^logic would dictate that holding the door open for someone is a waste of your efforts here by those accounts.

Life / Polish Train Travel - Scary? [101]

pinkjewel may be on the money, sounds like a bit of a dated embellishment at that. be smart and treat being in a crowd of strangers as being in a crowd of strangers and you'll be fine.

Life / Opinions/experience about the Polish Police [40]

i have only good things to report with the polish police, they weren't 100% "by the book" but they did their job sensibly like they were actually thinking, not like a lot of cops i've come across back home.

now, the traffic quasi-police, y'know, the kind that aren't issued sidearms, those jokers are a different story altogether.

Love / Polish girlfriends family, they want me to become Catholic. [20]

reread bubbawoo's post and that sums it up nicely. this is a false dilemna. as for anyone who'd try to force their religious beleifs on others, well, your gf summed that one up already.

Life / Polish Driving Licence. [314]

adamek: if the legal drinking age in Poland is (i'm not sure if there is one actually lol) let's say 18, does that mean an 18 year old Pole can legally drink in the US?

Life / Whats driving like in Poland? [70]

just came back from a lovely ski trip and i have to say that for the most part drivers were more responsible than ever this week, maybe ferie had something to do with it. At the start of it, i saw loads of accidents last friday and saturday but going up to the mountains it was incredibly civil. But leaving only one major collision and maybe 3 overly aggressive drivers out there. Then again i left there and back with plenty of time so maybe i just was in spoko morroco mode this week.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

you failed to either read or comprehend the latter portion of my post. but it's summed up for you in seanus' post. cheers.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]


exactly.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]


so either fight or accept what you feel to be crap treatment? yes, a very progressive approach to the 21st century.

It's funny cause on the face of your arguement it's so compleletly wrong, yet if people did adopt that approach more often we'd live in a world much less tolerant of people trying to cheat others (hypothetically). There's so much to agree with and disagree with in the approach you put down there. It's really a fine line imo, some stuff is worth the hassle of a fight and whatever direction the fight goes and other stuff is just healthier to blow off in a different avenue of life.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

apology accepted. in your defence i think you might have missed the bit where i specifically wrote that i couldn't compare polish drivers to the rest of the world.


that's just it though, who is someone to call me a racist even if i had found something in CR that I liked better than in Poland? In this case i didn't but there are other things that i do, in fact, there's tons of crap i like and dislike about other countries as well but j.h christ people get defensive here when ya write something negative about a small aspect of life here.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]


until you put down in one post what i wrote here and give a good f'n explaination how your interpretation could be logically concluded from what i wrote then no sir you are completely and utterly wrong and mistaken on this matter.cheers.

*edited* what comparison did i make to polish drivers and the rest of the world? go back and read what i wrote, come back and apologize. cheers.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

southern-hmm i'll definitely try to adopt some of your perspective the next time i go, it's not really that i found it so completely horrible, just that my worst experiences were there. cheers for the tip.But really, in the end, customer service shouldn't make or break my day. "Oh no, someone was rude-" whoop dee doo; as long as i don't let anyone swindle me it's all just static.


and even if you had interpreted them correctly, what would it be to you if i liked czech customer service or not?


right, mate, show me where i put that in writing or even suggested that.

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]


no. i meant my experiences of customer service in prague was that it's the worst i've ever experienced and the people who were working there seemed to make a point of being rude and deceitful. but it's my experience thus my opinion. if you don't like it or agree with it, cheers to you, no asked you to.


although what you wrote doesn't make sense on paper, i get the "spirit" of your post. but what the heck is your point?


when did i write "my" driving culture was superior? how is commenting on stupid driving in one place condoning stupid driving in another place?


no i'm not. what did i write here that would lead you to start with the racist language?

It's wierd with types like you, like anything you deem to be a "negative" observation suddenly makes the observer racist. it's not the case at all, dumb driving is dumb driving and i've met plenty of Poles that have concurred with my observations, do they become Polish racists by your merits as well? is it possible for you to be anymore thin skinned and insecure?


i agree with you for the most part but sometimes, when i see so many intelligent people do things that are so obviously counter productive i start to wonder if there aren't elements of truth to the whole eq arguement.


exactly i'd say poles are very skilled drivers but the decision making process when weighing the risks and rewards just leads to the obvious conclusion that there is overcompetitiveness on the roads here.

Life / do they have GAP shops in POland ? [15]

kids should not have "fashion" as a concern in their lives.
Boycott GAP

Life / Local Poles taking advantage of foreigners living in Poland [235]

i can't say i've experienced anything here in poland that isn't comparable to canada or the u.k., just different forms of incompetence or pettiness.

However if i made as little as some folks that have to work their tails off, i doubt i'd be a cheery-ass muthafuka either, know what I mean?

As far as customer service, Prague definitely takes the cake. I find things to be different here but, hey, c'mon, it's here, that's why it's different.

Of course in Germany everything was SMOOTH from day 1, those folks know what's what.


can't say about a lot of other countries as i'm not in a position to comment.
But there definitely seems to be a lack of foresight and/or rational imagination in the driving culture here. Like when people brag how fast they drove and for how long, I just think they don't realize that at 150 km/hr and up a driver greatly reduces everyone else's reaction time along with their own. But many drivers here just don't see it like that. And shock of all shocks i see a ridiculous number of accidents on the roads here. I will say this though, i feel it's improving.


i'm seriously beginning to give the whole EQ vs IQ notion some credit and think there may be some EQ issues here and am wondering how it's connected to the driving culture.

Life / do they have GAP shops in POland ? [15]


sapphire wins the "Foreigner4 gets drunk and makes a toast to you this evening" award for contributions to ethical consumerism and being able to spot bland fashion. Now F4 must go and make good on his awarding of the award.

adieu

Love / How can I conquer a Polish woman? [84]


whoop whoop whoop whoop!

What's that sound?

It's the sound of the "correct" conquering matt-london's polish girl while he's away reading the forum.

Life / Advice on speed limit in Poland! [12]

^^no you want the clear reflective spray paint^^ well that one works on the flash cameras in canada; but i've never been tagged here.