USA, Canada / Polish Canadians [117]

Dat's tree times ur man has done that now. :)

USA, Canada / Canada - Winnipeg looking for cool males [42]


From what I have been hearing about Canadian weather from my son all men (and women) in Canada have been pretty cool, frozen in fact :)

Good luck with your search

Love / Polish Stunner.........sticky situation [106]

G'day blue. Ignore everybody and follow your heart. Just make a decision and stick with it. Three people and at least one of you is gonna be hurt

Travel / Hotel websites that show all hotels available in areas of Poland? [18]


Best site for me was hotelspoland.com for all cities. Always seemed to get the best prices from them

Genealogy / looking for Asia ( Joanna) in london [12]

No sorry. This is not the Asia I know.

Genealogy / looking for Asia ( Joanna) in london [12]

not happy to give out her full name on the web. Tell me which country she lived in besides Poland & the UK and I will let you know more if it tallies

Regards

Szarlotka (previously known as Globetrotter)

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

So it is free if you are good enough (bit like getting a scholarship in UK or US?). What about if you are not one of the top students?

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

Can anyone tell me roughly the cost of obtaining a degree in Poland (say he desparately trying to convince Admin that this thread is still on track)

Life / How do Poles spend their free time? [14]


Nice well balanced, considered and thoughtful post. It will never catch on:)

9/10

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

I was quoting the total cost of the debt including compound interest based upon predicted RPI (to which the interst rate is linked) that I read in an NUS survey. Admittedly it was not based upon the student working for Goldman Sachs and therefore paying off the 9% per year in one fell swoop.

Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]

OK I'm sold on the idea. Beautiful Islands, friendly people and great diving:)

Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]


Wow - I want a phone that lets me receive massages - Swedish, Thai ?:)

Only kiddinn'

Love / Men attitude towards women in the Polish culture [82]


A trifle over familiar, you may call me Pan Pie if you like:)

I see your point though. I guess it's the speed of execution when they do decide to help each other out that I noticed,

Life / Cell phone options in Poland? [55]

Polish people with cell phones is a quicker information dissemination mechanism than the Internet:)

Joking aside one of the things I have noticed about Central and Eastern European people is that they are phenomenonally good at networking. I was once told that it was a result of communism when things were in short supply. That may well have been tongue in cheek though

Travel / How much money would I need for 2 weeks in Europe... [5]

Hi

have you looked at the interrail web site for a European rail ticket. Have a vague recall that one month all European countries ticket is around £390 (UK pounds, x2 for USD). They do tickets for smaller durations but they may be resttricted to the zones you can travel in. Rest of your costs will vary (big time) but the countries you plan to visit.

Oops sorry, I just remembered that you have to be resident in an EU country to get the tickets I mentioned. If you are from the uS then Rail Pass is appropriate

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

On a slightly different but still related tack, how much does it cost to take say a first degree in Poland, the US and Canada and anyplace else that people would care to bring in. Since the UK stopped grants and substituted it with a Student Loans approach, I believe the average debt for graduates from their first degree is in the order of £25,000 (roughy $50k or 125,000PL). They start to pay back their debt when their income from employment exceeds a certain minimum threshold. Obviously some parents will subsidise their kids and hence they leave with no debts at all. I have no idea about costs in Poland or the other places these days but I can still recall with horror the costs of my Masters in the US !

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

Maybe it was me, but the main benefit from my university days was not becoming a wizard mathematician (well almost) but learning about people from all different walks of life . The social skills I developed were to me as important as understanding the need for the discipline of self study and the subject matter. In later years I had responsibility for running the graduates in my firm for the first four years of their IT and consulting careers. Some of the best were arts grads and some of the worst were from deeply technical backgrounds. The interpersonal and ‘soft’ skills were so important in that field. Darn, I’m beginning to sound like an HR person. Better stop here.

Language / Translations of Gadu-Gadu [158]

Thanx, but I need G's dog to confirm that before I part with the cash:)

Language / Translations of Gadu-Gadu [158]

That is one intellectual giant of a dog.... can he tell me who will win the Cheltenham Gold Cup next week? There is a bag of dog biscuits in it for him......

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


You obviously haven't read the rant disguised as a thread on Polonophobia:)

Is it warming up over there yet?

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


Hmm. Good point. He already has the Bubba & Huegel chat thread. One more may dilute his impact to being merely hilarious.

Welcome back by the way:)

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]

Huegel, you have excelled yourself on this one. Soi much so that in addiiton to the honour of your own thread, I am proposing the inttroduction of a new word in the English Langauge

Huegel

Verb: to respond to a comment or question in a witty, off beat manner that leaves the originator with a feeling of intellectual inferiority but with no clear understanding as to why and with a desire to compose a witty riposte that usually falls flat.

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


I have heard this too. I am beginning to see closer parallels between German & Polish degrees (lenght, content, intensity). Am I right in this?

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


There are proposals to remove it as an item of compulsory study for the GCSE English literature exams which are typically taken at 16 here. As far as I remember the removal is onlya proposal at this time as the new curriculum is still being widely debated here. Actually I enjoyed Shakespeare even though I was maths/science inclined. Chaucer was more of a problem for me:)


In medicine the entry qualifications are very strict here. It is generally regarded as the hardest degree course to get into.

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


Good point too. That is why I hoped to get others' views.

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


Not within the branches of maths. There is an internationally recognised consistency within them. Sure you specialise but within the specialism there are very distinct levels. That's what makes comparison easier than say Geography IMHO

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


I guess I need to explain a liitle more. I think I am looking to understand the differences between the academic content and level of the degrees. Talking to lectureres over here in the Uk I get the distinct impression that they have seen a significant fall in the knowledge of their students when they arrive. Typically they say the first year is spent bringing them up to a consistent level of knowledge that in years gone by they would have not needed to do. Result is a 3 year degree becomes a 2 year degree. From talking to Polish friend about my degree subject (Maths, which is good 'benchmarking' subject) I get the distinct impression that what they were taught (many years after me) is roughly comparable to my degree but is more advanced than the Maths degrees in the UK today. I am just interested from maybe Polish people who have compared their degrees to non Polish friends.

Study / Comparing Educational Standards in Poland vs other countries [88]


Why though?

Love / Getting engaged! I'm 18, he's 28. WOW [72]


Great, as from today I'm a stegosaurus.:(