Eurola
11 Jan 2007
Life / Help my son with a school assignment on Poland [35]
Krysia, you've done a great job and there is not much to add. I am somewhat disappointed that there was no respond from anybody from Poland...
I think you're much younger than me, but it looks like things are still the same as in 60-ties and 70-ties.
I can only add that I had to wear a dark, navy blue "fartuszek" - a cover up with a white collar. Gosh, this surely saved on clothes, as well as did not allow the "richer" kids show off their expensive outfits. We had to wear it up to the 8th grade. Girls were often reprimanded for not wearing one, but some took the chance. Here is how we looked.
(I have the long piggy tails)
Also, a lot of high school kids had to live in the dormitory. My high school included grade 9 to 12th (I know it's different now). I lived in the dorm for 4 years going home only for winter and a spring break. I lived pretty far from the schooling I chose and it was not always worthed to take the bus back home and come back on time for Monday morning class. It was a room with 4 single beds, a table in the middle, 4 chairs and a closed for four. Frankly, they were the most fun years! We had fun.
Occasionally, we got in trouble and as a punishment we had to clean the big dorm bathrooms, but our parents were not told about our "guilt' whatever that was :)
The boys lived on the 2nd floor and the girls on the 1st. There was no visiting allowed after 10 p.m. Of course, we were braking the rules and it was one of the "troubles" we were getting into (smoking in the bathroom was another). There was a supervision day and night, but it was hard for them to keep an eye on 300-400 young residents :)
Well, all of us turn out just fine and I still visit my friends when I go to Poland.
And, this was my 5 cents into the school years in Poland. :)
Krysia, you've done a great job and there is not much to add. I am somewhat disappointed that there was no respond from anybody from Poland...
I think you're much younger than me, but it looks like things are still the same as in 60-ties and 70-ties.
I can only add that I had to wear a dark, navy blue "fartuszek" - a cover up with a white collar. Gosh, this surely saved on clothes, as well as did not allow the "richer" kids show off their expensive outfits. We had to wear it up to the 8th grade. Girls were often reprimanded for not wearing one, but some took the chance. Here is how we looked.
(I have the long piggy tails)
Also, a lot of high school kids had to live in the dormitory. My high school included grade 9 to 12th (I know it's different now). I lived in the dorm for 4 years going home only for winter and a spring break. I lived pretty far from the schooling I chose and it was not always worthed to take the bus back home and come back on time for Monday morning class. It was a room with 4 single beds, a table in the middle, 4 chairs and a closed for four. Frankly, they were the most fun years! We had fun.
Occasionally, we got in trouble and as a punishment we had to clean the big dorm bathrooms, but our parents were not told about our "guilt' whatever that was :)
The boys lived on the 2nd floor and the girls on the 1st. There was no visiting allowed after 10 p.m. Of course, we were braking the rules and it was one of the "troubles" we were getting into (smoking in the bathroom was another). There was a supervision day and night, but it was hard for them to keep an eye on 300-400 young residents :)
Well, all of us turn out just fine and I still visit my friends when I go to Poland.
And, this was my 5 cents into the school years in Poland. :)
