Vehemence
31 Dec 2008
Work / Soldier in need of advice about using Polish in a new career path. [11]
Hello everyone.
My name is Kyle, I'm new here so hang with me if I'm breaking etiquette by posting here first.
I'm a 23 year old soldier in the U.S. Army, and my time in service is drawing to a end (January 09)
I've had about five years in the service to figure out what exactly I want to do with my life, and after five years of banging my head against the wall, I've decided that I want to major in Polish. I spent a bit of time in Poland when I was stationed in Germany, I've fought and trained beside Polish soldiers, I've even had a very brief relationship with a little blonde Polish girl...
..Somehow out of all of this I've decided somehow that I'm going to turn Polish into a career.
Not that it doesnt make sense, Poland is a key US ally, its economy is upward bound, its got a great deal of natural resources, a large immigrant community abroad, and its proximity to Russia is going to make it an interesting place in the years to come.
But I've run into a problem. A problem that has literally had me up all night for the past three or four nights (Its 4:33 a.m. now for example)..
..I dont know where the hell to start.
I'm from South Carolina, and no schools in S.C. carry Polish, and all of the out of state schools come with a big fat out of state tuition that I'm afraid my G.I. Bill just wont cover.
So I've turned my eyes to perhaps studying IN Poland.
Yet again I hit a wall, for either through my ineptitude at Googling or through lack of material, I've not been able to find any clear information on how to go about pulling it off or what the costs would be.
I had figured costs would not be as high as an American university, as most European colleges arent.
But I've not been able to find out.
So, I bring it to your table, the answer may very well be in one of the previous threads, as I said its quite late and I've only just stumbled across this place.
Any information you guys could provide would be very, very much appreciated.
Thank you for your time
I'll be around
-Kyle-
Hello everyone.
My name is Kyle, I'm new here so hang with me if I'm breaking etiquette by posting here first.
I'm a 23 year old soldier in the U.S. Army, and my time in service is drawing to a end (January 09)
I've had about five years in the service to figure out what exactly I want to do with my life, and after five years of banging my head against the wall, I've decided that I want to major in Polish. I spent a bit of time in Poland when I was stationed in Germany, I've fought and trained beside Polish soldiers, I've even had a very brief relationship with a little blonde Polish girl...
..Somehow out of all of this I've decided somehow that I'm going to turn Polish into a career.
Not that it doesnt make sense, Poland is a key US ally, its economy is upward bound, its got a great deal of natural resources, a large immigrant community abroad, and its proximity to Russia is going to make it an interesting place in the years to come.
But I've run into a problem. A problem that has literally had me up all night for the past three or four nights (Its 4:33 a.m. now for example)..
..I dont know where the hell to start.
I'm from South Carolina, and no schools in S.C. carry Polish, and all of the out of state schools come with a big fat out of state tuition that I'm afraid my G.I. Bill just wont cover.
So I've turned my eyes to perhaps studying IN Poland.
Yet again I hit a wall, for either through my ineptitude at Googling or through lack of material, I've not been able to find any clear information on how to go about pulling it off or what the costs would be.
I had figured costs would not be as high as an American university, as most European colleges arent.
But I've not been able to find out.
So, I bring it to your table, the answer may very well be in one of the previous threads, as I said its quite late and I've only just stumbled across this place.
Any information you guys could provide would be very, very much appreciated.
Thank you for your time
I'll be around
-Kyle-