Love / I can't trust Polish women any longer - where to meet a foreign girl? [123]


Try MacDonalds?


These are likely made in China, so they are foreign. You could probably order online.


Yes, I think you are hopeless, or as Joseph Conrad would have said: "The horror. The horror".

Love / I can't trust Polish women any longer - where to meet a foreign girl? [123]


Have you tried abroad?
Nothing?

Law / Collecting cans in Poland - how much per can? [14]

I'm not against recycling at all. We did that in Poland at least since early 1970's. I even got a thank you letter from school for recycling. I recycled glass bottles for cash too. But I was 10 at the time and wanted to save up some money for books. It worked, but it wasn't the most effective way.

Law / Collecting cans in Poland - how much per can? [14]


Why don't you just take a student loan or learn a decent trade ;)

Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]


OK, you're right. I apologize. You "neva sed" Polish there was anything wrong with Polish food. You "sed" Polish food may "cum" between you and the Polish fella who has the misfortune to have met you. And all that based on having read a recipe or two.

So, indeed, you're not rude. Just plain stupid.

And that's where it ends. Grammar and spelling are not a must here but content is and when it starts towards being derogatory it signals the end of a thread like this. Let's not forget, English is not everyones first language and sometimes it's not even their second just possibly their third.

When, exactly, did we start attacking people who simply need some guidance?

Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]


So you come to a Polish forum, suggest that Polish doesn't sound too well, and you do that without even trying it. Now, how rude is that?


Dear, Polish food IS different from African food. In Poland they don't eat whatever they can catch, and they certainly don't eat fried flying ants, so that may be an insurmountable novelty to you.

Love / Could "food" potentially come between us? [25]


If you get gasses Polish food sounds just like any other food. A fart is a fart, no matter what you ate, 'cept for eggs. They can cause some really foul situations. But then, eggs are as Polish as they are African.

Or are you trying to play pierogi and cabbage rolls in your MP3 player?

News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]


I don't think Yoshi's post suggested the terms are mutually exclusive. In fact, his next sentence suggest the terms may overlap:

If a country accepts people withvaluable skills from around the world and treat them fairly, that will quite naturally improve the country.

News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]


Of course, not. Don't be e silly.

Nigerians don't waltz into offices, They gahu into them ;)
home.comcast.net/~dzinyaladzekpo/Kusum/Dance%20Agahu%20Lesson%20Plan.htm

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


You may be right. That would explain Justin's specialty - one third rate English playwright by the name Shakespeare or some such :)


That would be certainly true :)

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


My family suffered in 1956.
I lived in Poland in 1970 and I remember what was going on.
I lived in Poland during solidarity movement and I participated in what was going on.

I don't need third hand accounts of at least two of those events.

Wikipedia is one of many, many sources mentioning them. You're pissed off that you were proven wrong and that a proof of that exists, so you took to dissecting the proof and how I may have, or not, known what you either didn't or chose to omit in your vile post.

Bottom line - contrary to your post the Solidarity Movement was NOT the only major protest in post WW2 Poland, and there were far more than just those 3 - whether you found similarities in formatting or not. Also contrary to your views, Poles are not exactly a nation of educated drones easy to govern.

Life / Tradition of blessing food in church at Easter in Poland [15]

Without going into much detail, Polish Ester traditions have old Slavic roots in Jare Swieto. The traditions were eventually incorporated in the Christian rituals.

Language / Polish Nouns ending in 'um' [10]

Here's a few:

(no rules based on just the last two letters)

abditorium, absolutorium, akropodium, akwarium, akwatorium, album, alejkum, alodium, alpinarium, aluminium, aluwium, ambulatorium, antydotum, apogeum, apollonium, arboretum, archiwum, ateneum, atrium, audytorium, beneficjum, bitum, Bizancjum, bum, calendarium, centrum, Chartum, collegium, colloquium, condominium, continuum, czum, dekorum, delfinarium, delirium, dominium, dum, duraluminium, ekstremum, epitafium, Fajum, fatum, forum, fotoforum, gimnazjum, glosarium, gumoleum, herbarium, honorarium, instrumentarium, insygnium, interludium, kentum, klawicyterium, kolegium, kolokwium, koloseum, kolumbarium, kompendium, konserwatorium, konsorcjum, kostium, krematorium, kryterium, kuratorium, kuriozum, kworum, laboratorium, lawatorium, liceum, lokum, ludium, ludlum, magisterium, mauzoleum, maximum, medium, memorandum, milenium, minimum, ministerium, misterium, monstrum, moratorium, multum, muzeum, obserwatorium, oleum, opium, optimum, oranżerium, oratorium, Ossolineum, patrymonium, peryferium, petroleum, planetarium, plenum, podium, poszum, prezbiterium, prezydium, prosektorium, psalterium, purgatorium, quantum, quorum, rekwizytorium, repetytorium, rozum, rubrum, rum, sanatorium, sanktuarium, seminarium, serum, solarium, solilokwium, spektrum, studium, stypendium, sympozjum, szum, tabernakulum, technikum, terytorium, tłum, ultimatum, valium, wotum.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


You are flattering yourself. There is nothing to misinterpret in your posts. Uninformed and vile spitting does not deserve interpretations. It does deserve to be pointed out as an example of a feeble mind unable to see past her own fly infested nose.


When I was in schools in Poland cheating was certainly frowned upon. A teacher or two may have been more lax than others, but most were pretty diligent in doing what they could to alleviate the issue that crosses national borders. The remedies ranged from asking others to help supervise students during written exams to designing exams in ways such that students could not use their neighbors' work - all, or most questions differed.

Most of the time exam questions were problems rather than plain enumeration of facts. It is really hard to use a cheat sheet to write about topics spanning centuries, or volumes and requiring critical thinking. It is rare to both use facts from a cheat sheet and come up with a coherent thesis, all in a span of a couple of hours during and under the pressure of an exam.

Did some, or even many, "successfully", cheated? Heck, yes. But to paint an entire nation as a nation of cheaters, and to falsely contrast them with other nations, is going a bit too far.


The amount of pressure is only a reflection of the pressure in real life. In Western countries so many kids have been given their toys on a silver platter that they do not understand the word pressure in this context and I'm not sure this is such a good thing. Life in general is not a walk in the park. Unless you're born to a wealthy family there ain't no flower sniffing ahead of you - you have to fight, often just to stay afloat.

In this kind of fight some people will try to equalize the chances given to them with the chances given to others. After all, a person born to a wealthy family is, in many cases (not all) somewhat of a cheater by default. Having achieved nothing such person has already a decent position in life just by being born. Now, how honest is that. See: G.W. Bush's two degrees from both Harvard and Yale. Can you believe that?

I am not trying to justify cheating, just touching on a wider angle of view.


I can't speak for all such "books". Some of the ones I used were really useful guides, not the only sources of information. Others were indeed cash grab by some profs. Likewise, some professors actually are world experts in their respective disciplines, others far from it.

In this respect I blame the educational system itself in the West which gives professors pretty much unrestricted freedom in designing their courses and thus allow the use of whatever material they see fit - such as one allowing them extra cash for their next vacation trip.

I don't really subscribe to the idea of students having full freedom to select courses within a major as they please. In short, the problems I see with is the relative immaturity of students which won't allow most of them to select courses that would give them a well rounded type of expertise in a given field.

When I studied English Lit in Poland one of the prof's assistants was a young British fella, Justin. Justin was an undergrad with Oxford diploma in English Lit. We discussed "stuff" and soon it turned out that Justin did not know enough about Milton to discuss a topic spanning centuries of English Lit. See, he did not take Milton at school. We were shocked. How can you not take Milton and call yourself an assistant in an English Department of a University? We're talking a giant figure of English cultural history here.

This is just one example, but many others I came across would be equally, or even more embarrassing to some of the Western educated persons.

Some of your remarks, and mine, certainly have roots in our respective backgrounds. It would be ridiculous for anybody to claim objectivity, so I won't, but I will point out my extensive educational experience both in Poland and abroad. In my experience Polish universities have little reason to shame. Certainly not a whole lot more than even the leading Western academia.

My $0.02 CDN (adjusted for inflation)

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]

So now you would like Poles to go to Moldavia and protest there or what?

It's remarkable how you keep the same line of bul$hit after you have been proven wrong by a few posters. First, it was that Poles protested "only" once. Who cares that the protests you mentioned lay path to one of the greatest events of the 20th century - the fall of communism. Then, you have a problem with the fact that information about other major protests by Poles can actually be confirmed. Now, just a couple of days later it turns out you have been unable to retain the information? Memory problems?

And to top it off you're from a country with the so called "royalty" and keep bowing to the so called "royal" family because, well, because they were born. Where is you anarchist spirit, Brutish?

Americans also have silly celebrities but their freeloaders at leas are fun, they eitther sing, tell jokes or show boobs in public events? When the the last time you saw one Elizabeth's boobs? All she does is what commies did for about 7 decades - she waves. Again, where are your protests? Show us they way instead of hiding your grumpiness behind a computer keyboard

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


This is certainly disturbing. I used to teach both in Poland and in the US and I found the levels of cheating attempts comparable. I can't understand whence that singling out of cheating in Poland. Again, that in itself is akin to cheating.

check out what I mean:

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In Britain, the Secretary of Education has called for a total revamp of the coursework system before 2008 testing can occur. This is in response to the results of a government study that showed massive cheating at A-level exams.

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In France, the Baccalaureate exams were found to have a high level of cheating.
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Across Asia, web-based bulletin boards have been discovered with answers posted for university Foreign Language tests, the scores of which are the basis for admittance of foreign students into most U.S. colleges

read more [setourteachersfree.com/education_news/cheating-epidemic-in-education-part-1/]. And notice the first photo. Out of 9 students shown 6 are caught cheating. These are medical students. No, they are not Polish medical students.


I had to buy such books in American and Canadian universities. My daughter is now in the second year of a Canadian university - same story in a few courses.


I'm sure Poles will be glad to follow the great example of other countries once they eliminate cheating in their schools.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]



So your experience with 8 children tell you that everybody in Poland with a degree cheated? Cheating being a form of dishonesty, you are cheating too - by using a sample of 8 children to paint a picture of thousands.

News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]


No. They work exactly like the other companies. It's a hit and run tactics, aka "good return value to stock holders". In that BASF is just like any other company. See automotive industry bailout in the US. First get handouts and then pay millions in bonuses to top execs.

There is no "long term" for many of them, especially if they are in their 70's.


That;s not what I had in mind. The very first time I went to (West) Germany I thought it was exactly what we were indoctrinated commie Poland was like, but it wasn't. Polish level of well-being and social services did not even come close to what Germans enjoyed.


So we agree. The Baltic pipeline is for energy firms, not for the general German population :)

News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]


You're missing the point. BASF doesn't give a flying crap about the cost because the customer will pay whatever that cost is. That is where your affordability argument fails.


Actually, I always considered post WW2 Germany more of a a commie state than Poland ever was. I think it still is.


BBoy, don't tell me you still haven't figured out how business and government deals work. They go hand in hand. In the US it's called "lobby". In Germany, if I am not mistaken, former government officials with significant connections become "consultants", CEOs etc. Schröder is a prime example.

News / Poland. Sold for nothing. [341]


In truth, I don;t think they could have. GB was just a paper tiger.


Sorry BBoy but satetements such asBASF and EON are no stupid newbiesis like religion, based on faith and it has little do do with costs. See, BASF will get all their money back, and then some. From the German gas buyer - you. They will cite rising costs and just watcha gonna go about it in the middle of Winter? You'll pay or freeze.

Oh, btw. the costs of the pipeline are indeed rising and not by small change.
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3142431.ece
It turns out that BASF and EON are kinda newbies after all :)

A side note, I still think the Baltic pipe was a political decision. Little to do with economics, except for a few buddies of Schröder and for Schröder himself.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]

Some courses have to be taken in class. Part time, some can be taken online and even in fields such as pharmacy. And yes, that's in U of T


OK, perhaps that was a trick on my end. I already had other degrees. Hence no need for electives, context courses and such.


Not correct. One has to have a diploma with a curriculum approved by an approppriate governing body. Mohawk College is just fine.

On the general note. The part time and online courses are designed mostly for people who already hold certain positions, or who want to move up the ladder. I work with people who hold responsible positions with just a high school diploma. Some are good at what they do, some are not - the magic of social networking. A lot of people don;t even bother with tru academia. They take weekend sessions in one area or another and that gives them some kind of paper. Believe it or not, they will successfully use that paper in furthering their careers.

Heck, my boss has a two year college diploma. That's all :)
How he got the job? I'm sure daddy helped.

So there. The West is (not necessarily) the best.
How

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


We're talking about people who are already working, right?
And wasn't your point that only in Poland... ?
That's what I responded to.


Let's not. And let's not confuse the P.Eng license with a college diploma since P.Eng is not an academic title.


These dates are a part of family history.
I fail to see your point.

Travel / Poland: What should I look forward to or avoid? Is it fun to visit? [34]


3
M - stands for miasto (city)

Troj Miasto (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricity,_Poland): Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot. Basically hard to tell where one starts and the ohter ends. Kind like Northen NJ, ' cept nicer ;)

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


Really?
So what's that about?


I worked full time while I studied. In the last year I lost my job so I took a student loan. Got two degrees in 5 years, one in engineering you might say. Yes, in Canada.

A fella at work (full time employee) is studying civil engineering at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology.

Oh, I'd forget, my boss is taking full time studies (some political stuff) at Ryerson University. The entire curriculum is online.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


I think this is a well balanced post.

When you consider that Polish IT students do very well in ACM International Collegiate Programming Contests and then get hired by top notch companies around the world then something must be right in the Polish educational system.

This is a quite from you know where, describing the contest:

The ICPC is a team competition. Current rules stipulate that each team consist of three students. (...) Compared to other programming contests (for example, International Olympiad in Informatics), the ICPC is characterized by a large number of problems (8 or more problems in just 5 hours). Another feature is that each team can use only one computer, although teams have three students. This makes the time pressure even greater. Good teamwork and ability to withstand pressure is needed to win.

Polish programmers have been doing exceptionally well in the competition. Warsaw University has an overall 5th position in the World. Not bad for rote learning, huh?

Food / How to Cook and Eat an Artichoke? [32]

I don't cook them. I just open a jar. It appears artichokes cook themselves when they are ripe. They even powder themselves with spices ;)

News / Poland..wake up to a multicultural world [1059]


Unfortunately not all agree.

A few years ago in Sweden they were looking for a crime suspect. The TV and radio provided the description. One important thing was missing. The skin color. It would have been racist, they claimed, to say that the suspect was black.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


- Poznań 1956
- Entire Country 1970
- Solidarity movement 1980–1989

These were just the major uprisings. The entire period of 1945 - 1989 was a time of major disagreement with the communist government, and that was under circumstances potentially leading to length prison terms or executions in many cases.

As gumishu wrote, you know very little about post WW2 history of Poland.


No, they didn't. Cash problems in 1990.
Iskra was in production though.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]

Great point.
Solidarity movement and abolition of communism are just the most recent major examples.

Work / I have a "zero" chance to succeed in Poland - I do not have a degree! [93]


It has a real basis. Just as real as it is in life where few do whatever they please.
I can disagree with my boss and open my own business if our disagreements are substantial.
Whether it's fair or not is a topic for another thread.


Nah, I wouldn't have allowed that :)
Btw, two of my toughest profs in computer science were Poles. There were projects alright, but not before you could prove you actually knew what it took to approach those projects.