UK, Ireland / Friend told "just allow your son to forget Polish" by school. [96]



My mistake, but is English not the official language in the "UK"


Not just Polish but all those with the Slavic languages seem to grasp Englis quick and progress quickly. (this is what I was told off a teacher)


There wouldnt be and whilst you may knock teaching assistants they do have to have a certain degree of education and training these days and there are different levels and if it wasnt for them, schools would be much worse off, can you imagine one teacher in a class with 35 kids with 75% of the class no English?

UK, Ireland / Friend told "just allow your son to forget Polish" by school. [96]


Some do and funnily enough it would seem Polish kids do the best, I was recently having a conversation with a woman who works at a school which has predominently african and asian children and they cant speak either English or Arabic or whatever asian language and struggle terribly, but she has a friend at a catholic school and aparently Polish children are pretty much fluent within a matter of months.


You still cant get away from the fact that schools that do better attract better pupils and schools that are failing miserably attract those who are the bottom of the pile. Resources being spent on interpreters is an obvious drain on a schools budget and there must be some price to pay for kids that are native speakers.


Of course we should cater for everyone that wants to come and live shouldnt we? We should spend more unnecessary tax payers money on teaching people the language of their host country? Silly me!

UK, Ireland / Friend told "just allow your son to forget Polish" by school. [96]


Actually they are struggling like mad trying to teach kids English, when in fact kids should already speak English before they start school, after all they do live in England, if people want to live here then they should learn English! If I had my way, schools wouldn't admit children who are not fluent in English.

Schools have a right to want to be the best and league tables show this, how many people just move house in order to secure places at schools which are doing well? Who wants to send their child to a school thats shows poor results in English and maths? I certainly dont!

Life / Foreigner in Poland asking for information how to travel to Scotland? [23]


And if people didn't over stay visas there wouldnt be a problem, moral of the story is if foreigners break the laws then we will change the laws :0)

UK, Ireland / Polish workers in England, advice need to find a place to live and a job. [10]

I'll put it to you like this, I have friends who are solicitors who have been made redundant, I have friends in finance that have been made redundance, my friends husband who was a director for a building company was made redundant...are you getting the picture? There are circa. 300 people per position at present in the UK, do you honestly think they are going to employ someone who just stepped off a plane? I dont want to be rude to you or your friend, but it really isnt a good time.

Life / Foreigner in Poland asking for information how to travel to Scotland? [23]


Whats the big problem, you just need to get a visa, by the way, its very strict these days they take a photo and your finger prints to ensure you are not on any crime d/base anywhere in the world.

As I have already stated, anyone can be a resident (they are just there temporarliy or biding their time for citizenship) in a country, why should they have the same rights as a citizen? Yeah it was a smart move that we didnt enter into the Schegen zone :0)

Better get down the embassy for your visa ;0)

Life / Foreigner in Poland asking for information how to travel to Scotland? [23]


you will need a visa, having residency means nothing, you are not a Polish citizen, you may even be refused that, things are really tightening up...


You have a nigerian passport, which isnt going to get you into Britain without a visa (we have many nationalities in Britain who are only residents, they are not subjects i.e. they dont have the same rights of as those who are so called citizens), even if your wife is Polish...

Love / THE TYPICAL POLISH WOMAN? [148]


I dont even think of albos they are that low on my list, I was merely pointing out what Greeks think or at least the ones that I have met who have employed albos!


I wouldn't imagine it would be many, I dont think Telemachus would be happy that his little Maria would do that to the family!


I wouldn't go that far, more of a myth..The Yaya rules the roost and the wife says what goes...Most Greek men end up hen pecked (possibly with a widow from the next village as company!) ;0)


If you like the rapist, ive not washed for a few weeks look?

Love / THE TYPICAL POLISH WOMAN? [148]

I wasnt joking about the Greeks though!

Love / THE TYPICAL POLISH WOMAN? [148]


I hardly think so, Greeks dont even look at albos has human! My friends ex is Greek and they had quite a bit land with olive groves that they used to employ (thats a larf, they paid them next to nothing) albo's to pick and they would treat them like dirt, even lower than dirt...

Love / THE TYPICAL POLISH WOMAN? [148]


Your average Greek guy, his first sexual experience was with a goat in his local village and then went on to marry a girl in the next village called Maria! (for those who are acustomed to Greek female names, every other girl is called Maria, they even a "Maria day")

The End.

UK, Ireland / Polish meat in English supermarkets? [73]


Probably not that well.

I prefer chorizo or some of the French sausages (cured), Ive tried the Polish stuff but it's not to my liking, niether was it to any of my friends (who have been to Poland). Give me a herby Cumberland any day of the week ;0)

UK, Ireland / Polish meat in English supermarkets? [73]


An acquired taste, I remember thinking how disgusting the frogs were for slapping mayo all over their chips..

But vinegar on chips is actually quite healthy since the vinegar breaks down the fats...

UK, Ireland / Polish meat in English supermarkets? [73]


Thank you bunia, Im glad that someone appreciates our meger offerings ;0) and welcome back to the forum!

Love / Difficult Polish girlfriend - how long would you put up with her? My story. [68]


I didnt say that, I merely said that you might like to try another nationality...I couldn't really care less, it's your life.


We could add gay to that? ;0)

Love / Difficult Polish girlfriend - how long would you put up with her? My story. [68]


I thought that too, funny old world isn't ;0)



Hmmmm, so the rest just cheated and controlled you...maybe try another nationality? Just an idea...


Oh dear :0(

Food / Łowicz BEST JAM EVER [23]


Wash your mouth out with soap and water my good man!!!!

Life / Poor people / street children in Poland? [34]


Have you been round St. Anns Sq. recently? Or round Debenhams? There a loads of them...usually toting a dirty looking baby! I have ignorning them down to a fine art now ;0)

Food / Łowicz BEST JAM EVER [23]

Really, I find a lot of English jams far superior to any Polish jams Ive tried, admittedly I only tried the little multi packs you get in the small supermarkets over there (I was bitterly disappointed! - it was rank!), I'll stick with Tescos finest...

UK, Ireland / Polish man sought after murder of Irish man! [36]

I was in Manchester the day the bomb went off, I was also working in Manchester years before when incendiary devices were planted all over my city, if you want to talk about murder, have a look at this link:

hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/1996/mar/04/terrorist-incidents

UK, Ireland / Polish workers in England, advice need to find a place to live and a job. [10]


It all depends what he does on whether or not he will get a job, as for housing, there are plenty of letting agencies or if he looks in any Polish shop window he will see cards for people looking for accommodation or looking for people to share.

In all honesty it's probably not the best time to be coming to the UK.

UK, Ireland / Modern Plantation for Poles in Ireland [352]


I understand that, but its a bit case of the pot calling kettle black when its an Irishman talking about immigration :0)


You can have NI back, nothing would make me happier to see Ireland unified, does that mean I can go back since my name is Irish? ;0) As for colonies, they all wanted independence and us out, so why should they have a right to come to the UK, we havent had anything to do with most of them for decades and certainly not in my life time.


Would that be all those africans and asians that now have Irish citizenship?

UK, Ireland / Modern Plantation for Poles in Ireland [352]


Actually my old company who are British had a large part in the design and build of that nice little bit of infrastructure ;0)

As for your point about the Brits dividing all of the countries they "invaded" by religion, I think you'll find the hindus and muslims had issues with each other before we came along (you might be interested to know that it was the muslims that wanted their own state, it wasnt a choice that the Brits made!), also where else did we divide countries by religion? I dont remember Australia having any problems ;0)


Should we send all of the Irish who are settled abroad back to Ireland? Your infrastructure would be in a bad way if that happened :0) (of course Im not suggesting for one moment that we should do that)

UK, Ireland / Father's Day cards banned in Scottish schools [64]


Said the divordee! Some kids actually have dads and want to send cards to them! hell, shoud the norm be penalised!

UK, Ireland / How can I receive child support from a Polish man living in UK? [33]


Yes the CSA was set up to make men pay for their children to take the burden off the State, his salary is assessed and a % taken by the CSA and paid to the mother, even if he is receiving social secruity benefits, they take a % of that. As to whether he is not the father, thats up to him to prove otherwise.


Same here in the UK sweety!

UK, Ireland / How can I receive child support from a Polish man living in UK? [33]

Not sure how it works in Poland but if in the UK you were chasing, you dont need a lawyer, you just need his address (if he is paying council tax he will be registered) and then you need to get in contact with the CSA (child support agency) - they will get in touch with him and assess his income and how much he needs to pay to you (it is important you pin him down to an address!). Im sure that there are policies in place in Poland that are similar, be sneeky and get all the information you can out of him!


Tell that to a mother who has to pay for shoes every 3 months for a child of 5! Or clothe or feed! Of course a child needs love but they also need the basics to survive! Not just the sperm that he provided, if this child was planned and he walked out then he needs to pay!

UK, Ireland / Getting married to a Polish Citizen in the UK [371]

You could try ILR or for British citizenship, why not everyone else is! I dont quite understand why you are looking on a Polish forum when you want to stay in the UK? There are plenty of websites that offer information. What nationality are you?

News / Polish nursery rhyme book says Germans smell and gipsies sell their children... [28]


I thought you had a sense of humour, I honestly, would laugh if someone brought a rhyme out saying English people smelt of wee...It's funny and yes whilst mildly offensive (to Germans lol) it's not the end of the world...it could have been worse

Life / Are Polish people civilised or not? My thoughts... [52]


Oh dear oh dear, rejection rejection rejection, that's all Im getting off your post, you see girls who are up themselves don't sleep about, they generally take pleasure in looking down on losers like you whilst having a laugh between themselves at how pethetic you are, that is of course after you have pestered the living day lights out of them, hence the reason they noticed you in the first place!!

As for Jysty, YOU WISH!

News / Polish nursery rhyme book says Germans smell and gipsies sell their children... [28]


They tried to ban The Three Little Pigs because it was offensive to muslims lol, not to mention we cant have Baa Baa Black Sheep because that's considered insulting to black people!

Oh well, I still find the One, Two, Three Germans smell of wee, incredibly funny and Im sure that Butty does too...