Life / POLES' ENGLISH COMPARED TO EUROPE AS A WHOLE? [39]

kilkline:
I didnt have problems speaking english in Germany, I think Japanese people know it as well. So it's not economy IMHO.

Rather - "I speak english well, f* other languages" laziness ;)

Life / POLES' ENGLISH COMPARED TO EUROPE AS A WHOLE? [39]


So what are you trying to say? That english people are basically dumb? ;) Because I dont see a lot of people here in britain speaking foreign languages ;)

Life / Must See Movies in Polish? [65]

check out polish tv series: Zmiennicy, Alternatywy 4

Life / Indian moved to Poland [532]

hmmm... any examples of racism towards you?

UK, Ireland / My friends upset at Brits.... [51]


so what, comics are for children????

anyway,
I LOVE SWANS! The bigger swan the better!

lol

Food / favorite polish recipes? [65]

but be warned:

you are no match for his mother / grandmother and their way of cooking this meal :D:D:D

but i am pretty sure he will appreciate it :)

(try to make sour cucumber soup)

History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

hmmm....
"we will teach you how to speak english,
we will teach you how to worship(?) our queen,
we will teach you how to drive on left...

and all we want in return is just you gold."

that's what my british friend told me about english colonization scheme ;]

News / I support creation of Great Poland [134]

well, I dont really know what you guys are talking about but I would love to go to Asia to see The Great Polish Wall ;)

Law / Transferring Money To Poland - how easy/complicated is it? [17]

if you are in UK (london), I would recommend LCC - flat charges, you just give them the money, bank account nr (no swift etc) plus some kind of proof of address (for the first time) and that's it. Money is there in 2-3 days.

Love / Understanding Polish Man [41]

Lilianna:

believe me, we are VERY GOOD at this.

I didn't read the whole topic, but here are my thoughts (as a polish man):
-are you sure it's only friendship? remember that men have different way of thinking: "hmmm... we are friends... but we talk a lot... obviously she likes me... hmm... probably she is interested in me... hmmm... I wonder how she looks naked... hmmm". NO MATTER WHAT BE CAREFUL WITH "FRIENDSHIPS"

-polish stereotype is that man should chase women and be the side which takes actions - if something is wrong we take it VERY personally (especially young ones)

-we can get really offended by comments about Poland, polish way of thinking, us personally

-person who started argument should be the one who appologizes(? difficult word)

-one interesting thing: from my experience if you guys started DELETING YOURSELVES FROM EVERYWHER.... ohhh how cute... are you REALLY sure it's a friendship? :D I did it few times and believe me or not - it wasn't friendship at all (and it supposed to be!).

general idea for polish guys: start talking with him again and don't bother if he plays offended queen :) just keep talking ;)

Language / nazywam sie vs na imie mi - the difference [11]

Jestem wspanialy. Jestem James Bond ;)

Language / nazywam sie vs na imie mi - the difference [11]

"jestem ..." is more unofficial - you say it when you shakehands with someone on barbecue.

News / Should Poland let in refugees from USA ? [80]

this should help:

How to build a plane[/url]
paperairplanes.co.uk/planes.php

but I think you will need a lot of paper ;)

Life / Poland peasant or noble tradition? [34]

I would like to notice one thing (about "peasant and noble"):

polish nobles were quite close to the peasants - in many cases the only difference was sabre.
and "szlachta" was massive - about 10% of citizens.

Work / Working in a Polish Office [13]

hi, one IMPORTANT tip:

I am not sure if it had changed, but there may be "worker gangs" in smaller companies ;)
So, someone got a job because his uncle was working there, then he introduced his friend and so on... sometimes it can be a lot of people connected somehow.

So... talking about someone behind his back (but in front of someone else) is VERY BAD idea. Even if other co-workers are moaning. Do NOT join them until you know who is who. Just let them talk ;)

I hope you understand what I mean.

Study / United States Education vs. Polish Education [19]

well, in Poland it's rather fixed (if you don't fail on the way):

Magister (Masters) - 5yrs
Doktor (PhD) - extra 2 yrs (or 3, I don't remeber, I am just BSc :D )

or
Licencjat (BSc) - 3 yrs
Magister - extra 2 yrs
Doktor - the same as first road

In Poland BSc is considered "not full higher degree" :/

Study / United States Education vs. Polish Education [19]

darius:
LOL! :D
this was quite funny :D

how long it takes to make PhD (total) ? In pl it's 7 yrs I think

edit:
warsaw 1st
wroclaw 26th

UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]

ha, that was a good one! (english breakfast)
when I first came here, I couldn't look at it, but then... miracle... :D

to be honest english food is not so bad, you have to get used to it. but it's not the thing I will miss about uk ;)

I will miss double deckers and tube. :D

Study / United States Education vs. Polish Education [19]

we have quite good photography/actor schools in Lodz (I think). Gdansk - good tech univs with very good IT (but not easy ones - you will cry a lot) and good mechanical(?) department. Warsaw is probably even better.

One more thing - our Magister(5 yrs) is equivalent to Masters degree -or even a bit more - can anyone correct me if I am wrong?

few links to Gdansk:

pg.gda.pl/ Gdansk - main page- use links on left (wydzialy) to get to faculties(?) pages. most of them should have english version

eti.pg.gda.pl Gdansk - IT faculty

filmschool.lodz.pl Lodz - cinematography

Life / Experience more in Poland than any other Country [10]

hahaha
I have to tell you that it's like this anywhere you go - I moved to london and I felt like you, but after two years spent here - it is "perth scenario" now. plus it's raining a lot ;)

squirells and rats instead of snakes, dead fishes instead of sharks ;)
But my co-worker(from Australia as well) had the same attitude: "something is going on here in london while Australia is sooo boring"

as we say in poland: grass is always greener on the other side of the fence ;]

UK, Ireland / Integrating Polish people into the British society [150]

well, I don't understand what are british expectations towards poles...

here are the brilliant daily mail thoughts:

a) we are lowering the wages.
this is good point but on the other hand we tak jobs nobody else wants to do - farming, waiting, etc.

b) we are taking-over british jobs, so nationals are unemployed
take a look at the first point, plus I recently had conversation with my english work mates - they told me that it's not like english people are moaning - it's another foreigners - australians etc who lost their jobs because we are cheaper and more efficient. it's just the business

c) we are taking a lot of benefits
I never took a single penny. on the other hand: how much can I gaet for a child weekly? is it big money? and how much taxes do we pay? let's say it's 1 000 000 poles in uk, average salary 24k. please count the taxes + living costs.

d) we are not integrating well
oh come on... I think poles integrate very well, I have english friends who actually call me to go out ;) I like english breakfast ;) most of poles learn english (with different results but still)

e) now we will take all the money and go home
hmm.... what should we do? should we left money here? account numbers please ;)

So, I am average Pole here in uk. What England can offer me?
-health care?
-low living costs?
-cheap housing?
-great pound to zloty ratio? (hehehehe)
-safety?
-big salaries?
-nice chicks?
-good food?
-newspaper bashing?

you will soon see a lot of poles going back home or moving somewhere else. I can bet you won't miss us :>

Study / United States Education vs. Polish Education [19]

here you have a link to article about it:
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-489793/Top-class-England--Polish-boy-goes-home-better-education.html

I've seen few articles like this plus I helped my neighbour's son with his primary school homeworks ;)

btw: what kind of education you are interested in?
I think polish technical univs are quite good.

Study / United States Education vs. Polish Education [19]

Well,I don't know anything about US but here are some of my thoughts about pl vs uk:

primary schools:
better in pl, polish kids coming to uk dont have any problems (except language), more: they are better than the native ones

college:
have no idea ;) probably similar to primary schools

universities (based on my discussions with people who graduated good london univs):
polish univs are based more on learning books and then passing the exams. If you are studying physics, don't expect dealing with hi-tech equipment (this is general rule - univs, except few, dont have money for good equipment). Better situation is with IT: all you need is computer, so we can produce good specialists.

I think that western univs produce real experts from one discipline (or part of it), where in poland you know a lot about many things but you are not real expert in one thing.

when I joined my company here in london, i didn't know much about industry I am working in. but I got few promotions rather quickly, while there were few english graduates which didn't last even a month (plus one "expert" who last 1.5 month).

and I dont have diploma from top polish uni (BSc, University of Gdansk, part-time)

regards

Law / Got my Polish residency [22]

welcome!

we are looking forward to your first impressions (as foreigner living in pl)

Language / What is the most annoying thing about non-native Polish speakers? [90]

you can say cześć to person you know well - friend, co-worked, neighbour.
You should say do widzenia to older people, your boss (if it's official meeting) etc.

you can use both if you cannot speak polish at all, if you are intermediate, you should use proper one.

Travel / An English person in Poland, some random thoughts [5]


She was right - you shouldn't give her anything. In my home town - Gdynia, I saw luxury car coming to pick those old beggars. Anyway - you choice.


this is a bit strange, but I've noticed it as well - probably nobody uses those cafes, everyone have broadband at home.


Well, personally I hate those neonazi smoking bans - cigarette prices are high, goverments make a lot of money selling them and they treat smokers as dogs ("go smoke outside, we dont care its winter")

Regards

News / Poland has the highest shopping IQ [46]

oh, come on.
don't make me laugh!

poles don't have money... do you know why in every polish magazine in uk there is so many bank adverts?

because poles DO save.

Law / Got my Polish residency [22]

hahaha

that was good! :D

Life / Experience more in Poland than any other Country [10]

Kazikowski:

Ha, it's a bit strange - many poles think of Australia as a promised land ;) And you want to move in opposite direction ;)

Do you speak polish? it would help you a lot? one thing you should consider: I am currently in London and I just came back from holidays in Poland. You can expect prices similar to those in UK, with twice smaller salaries. But generally it's ok - you can live quite comfortably.

btw: I always dreamed of going to Perth for studies ;) Shame that I couldn't ;)

Life / When in Poland, should I be British or Scottish? [104]

english people are making mess in Krakow, so we have low opinion on them ;)