ladykangaroo
15 Jan 2009
Language / What exactly all these grammatical terms mean! - feeling frustrated [19]
cukiereczku = (my) candy
słodki = sweet
cukiereczku = (my) candy
słodki = sweet
ladykangaroo
22 Jan 2009
Love / Ring Size - Polish - British conversion [8]
size conversion chart
wec.com.pl/e4u.php/1,ModPages/ShowPopup/60
Size 10 is K. Known from own experience.
size conversion chart
wec.com.pl/e4u.php/1,ModPages/ShowPopup/60
Size 10 is K. Known from own experience.
ladykangaroo
25 Jan 2009
Language / Ponieważ and "bo wcześniej " [11]
It's actually "zróbże". You cannot split that.
Zrób, że to can mean 'do it'
It's actually "zróbże". You cannot split that.
ladykangaroo
25 Jan 2009
Language / Ponieważ and "bo wcześniej " [11]
It is, even with native Polish speakers.
I think the only one more popular would be "także" (=also) written as "tak, że".
common mistake
It is, even with native Polish speakers.
I think the only one more popular would be "także" (=also) written as "tak, że".
ladykangaroo
25 Jan 2009
News / WHARTON AND COELHO IN POLAND? [10]
Coelho's (and Wharton's as well) books are generally considered a good thing to read while you are waiting for your doctor / dentist appointment. Easy, simple, the appropriate Polish word would be "łopatologiczne" - extremely unpretentious. If I tried to compare that to anything it would be Barbara Cartland / Danielle Steel, Robert Ludlum or Graham Masterton - everyone read that on some stage but no one is going to admit this.
Coelho's Alchemist used to be one of the compulsory books read by high schoool pupils in Poland. Shame.
Coelho's (and Wharton's as well) books are generally considered a good thing to read while you are waiting for your doctor / dentist appointment. Easy, simple, the appropriate Polish word would be "łopatologiczne" - extremely unpretentious. If I tried to compare that to anything it would be Barbara Cartland / Danielle Steel, Robert Ludlum or Graham Masterton - everyone read that on some stage but no one is going to admit this.
Coelho's Alchemist used to be one of the compulsory books read by high schoool pupils in Poland. Shame.
ladykangaroo
26 Jan 2009
News / WHARTON AND COELHO IN POLAND? [10]
My mistake. It's not high school, it's gimnazjum. I keep thinking my sisters are older than they actually are :)
bel-gim-3.strefa.pl/Bibliot-strona1/lektury/lektury.htm
WTF?! Can't be true. I finished high school not so long ago and never heard of such a thing.
[...]
The last time one of my mates praised Coelho was in gimnazjum
[...]
The last time one of my mates praised Coelho was in gimnazjum
My mistake. It's not high school, it's gimnazjum. I keep thinking my sisters are older than they actually are :)
bel-gim-3.strefa.pl/Bibliot-strona1/lektury/lektury.htm
ladykangaroo
26 Jan 2009
News / WHARTON AND COELHO IN POLAND? [10]
I read it. I read everything, including shampoo labels in bathroom and jam labels in kitchen :D I think it might be quite good for 13-year-olds - simple, not too long (60-90 minutes of reading? I wouldn't say it's much longer), positive (which is interesting having in mind all the gloomy 19th century Polish novels read in school). And it's one of the books kids really like (beside Harry Potter and Eragorn of course).
As far as the lists are considered there are so many of them that almost every teacher can choose something to his taste. All the changes (so called "reforms") messsed with the eductaional system so badly that no one knows what should be taught and if there is any standard at all. All the hope lies with the teachers...
I read it. I read everything, including shampoo labels in bathroom and jam labels in kitchen :D I think it might be quite good for 13-year-olds - simple, not too long (60-90 minutes of reading? I wouldn't say it's much longer), positive (which is interesting having in mind all the gloomy 19th century Polish novels read in school). And it's one of the books kids really like (beside Harry Potter and Eragorn of course).
As far as the lists are considered there are so many of them that almost every teacher can choose something to his taste. All the changes (so called "reforms") messsed with the eductaional system so badly that no one knows what should be taught and if there is any standard at all. All the hope lies with the teachers...
ladykangaroo
31 Jan 2009
Food / MIÓD PITNY = MEAD / dwojniak - trojniak [13]
Also, the more honey you add (półtorak is the best one, 2 parts of honey and one of water) the longer the barrells / bottles need to mature, up to 8-10 years. The strength is rather similar to all of them - around 10%.
Also, the more honey you add (półtorak is the best one, 2 parts of honey and one of water) the longer the barrells / bottles need to mature, up to 8-10 years. The strength is rather similar to all of them - around 10%.
ladykangaroo
1 Feb 2009
News / Peculiar opinions about Poland [33]
Do not underestimate the power of all these shitty American movies; you have exported all these names and popularised them all over the world. Oh, yes, and I do not forget about the massive impact of Cody's circus tricks on the world history :D
Have you ever watched Friends? I really recommend the episode when 6 proud, well educated, mostly WASP, American citizens cannot name all the states forming their own country. Yes, knowing all states surely determines the value of one's education... I would say the probability of finding a person knowing all this bullshit like "all capital cities of the world" / "all US states" / "all active volcanoes over the world" / "steel / potato / oil production per capita in Asian countries" is much higher in Polish schools. The teachers quite often tend to act as if there were no encyclopedias / guides / internet.
What do Poles know about the civil war, pony express, Cody, Custer's last stand?
Do not underestimate the power of all these shitty American movies; you have exported all these names and popularised them all over the world. Oh, yes, and I do not forget about the massive impact of Cody's circus tricks on the world history :D
They know nothing about the US states
Have you ever watched Friends? I really recommend the episode when 6 proud, well educated, mostly WASP, American citizens cannot name all the states forming their own country. Yes, knowing all states surely determines the value of one's education... I would say the probability of finding a person knowing all this bullshit like "all capital cities of the world" / "all US states" / "all active volcanoes over the world" / "steel / potato / oil production per capita in Asian countries" is much higher in Polish schools. The teachers quite often tend to act as if there were no encyclopedias / guides / internet.
ladykangaroo
1 Feb 2009
News / Peculiar opinions about Poland [33]
Don't you think that maths is slightly different than some crossword puzzle geography knowledge? Math can shape the neuron connections, I agree on that. Memorising random stuff in excessive amounts rather distorts and misleads them.
when kids answer hard mathematic questions
Don't you think that maths is slightly different than some crossword puzzle geography knowledge? Math can shape the neuron connections, I agree on that. Memorising random stuff in excessive amounts rather distorts and misleads them.
ladykangaroo
1 Feb 2009
News / Peculiar opinions about Poland [33]
I must be really old.
Never heard of subject like this taught in schools. Never heard of logical functions on geography lessons either.
intelectual communism prizing work not effects
I must be really old.
Never heard of subject like this taught in schools. Never heard of logical functions on geography lessons either.
ladykangaroo
1 Feb 2009
News / Peculiar opinions about Poland [33]
Well, I prefer tomato soup to minestrone.
Still, I think that Polish schools tend to feed students with useless dates, facts and names, geography lessons as I remember them being the best example. Biology was not very far away from this syndrome (I can still entertain people by naming 12 nervi craniales and meiosis phases, usually they seem to think it's really funny that someone can do it - and it actually is an utterly funny nonsense, comparable to being able to move your ears or one eyebrow only). It does not teach you any kind of logical thinking and does not allow you to see things in wider perspective either.
As far as "intelectual communism" and "two boys loving each other" arguments are considered - putting this into this discussion assures me that your logic has been shaped by geography lessons.
Well, I prefer tomato soup to minestrone.
Still, I think that Polish schools tend to feed students with useless dates, facts and names, geography lessons as I remember them being the best example. Biology was not very far away from this syndrome (I can still entertain people by naming 12 nervi craniales and meiosis phases, usually they seem to think it's really funny that someone can do it - and it actually is an utterly funny nonsense, comparable to being able to move your ears or one eyebrow only). It does not teach you any kind of logical thinking and does not allow you to see things in wider perspective either.
As far as "intelectual communism" and "two boys loving each other" arguments are considered - putting this into this discussion assures me that your logic has been shaped by geography lessons.
ladykangaroo
3 Feb 2009
News / Peculiar opinions about Poland [33]
Because it shapes neurons nicely :D
And, seriously, as far as I know you can get pretty extensive economics courses as well in most schools.
But pure maths, especially in part relating to logic, is truly invaluable. Haven't you seen people who undoubtely lack any education in this matter? People who cannot comprehend the idea of logical implication? Maths is an entirely symbolical language, you can't get a better exercise for the brain (quantum physics, maybe, but it also requires a good mathematical base). What's more, maths also explains the language processes nicely (generative / transformational grammar relies on some nice symbolical equations). Great tool, nowadays more useful than opposite thumbs.
Why do pure maths?
Because it shapes neurons nicely :D
And, seriously, as far as I know you can get pretty extensive economics courses as well in most schools.
But pure maths, especially in part relating to logic, is truly invaluable. Haven't you seen people who undoubtely lack any education in this matter? People who cannot comprehend the idea of logical implication? Maths is an entirely symbolical language, you can't get a better exercise for the brain (quantum physics, maybe, but it also requires a good mathematical base). What's more, maths also explains the language processes nicely (generative / transformational grammar relies on some nice symbolical equations). Great tool, nowadays more useful than opposite thumbs.
ladykangaroo
5 Feb 2009
Life / What is the best Polish book ever written. [23]
Kodeks Boziewicza
and, close second: Trędowata
Kodeks Boziewicza
and, close second: Trędowata
ladykangaroo
7 Feb 2009
History / WW1 poetry in Poland [8]
Why? They were soldiers after all and got their own kind of poetry reflecting the spirit of the times and specific circumstances. If you try to compare German and Polish poetry of that time you have to keep in mind that theatre of war did not reach too far East and Poland was to a large extent excluded from it; that people's lives were influenced in different ways (for example draft procedures were different); that soldiers and recruits came from various backgrounds and waged their small wars in dramatically different circumstances.
I would say that you won't get much stuff resembling Owen's style till WWII, when war really hit Poland and left its stamp on everyone.
I usually get pointed towards the Piłsudski Legions, which isn't quite what I want.
Why? They were soldiers after all and got their own kind of poetry reflecting the spirit of the times and specific circumstances. If you try to compare German and Polish poetry of that time you have to keep in mind that theatre of war did not reach too far East and Poland was to a large extent excluded from it; that people's lives were influenced in different ways (for example draft procedures were different); that soldiers and recruits came from various backgrounds and waged their small wars in dramatically different circumstances.
I would say that you won't get much stuff resembling Owen's style till WWII, when war really hit Poland and left its stamp on everyone.
ladykangaroo
9 Feb 2009
Language / Dlaczego/Czemu - What is what? [22]
That's right, the meaning is the same and one is more formal. "Czemu" is considered a bit rude, an evidence of lack of manners. Well bred ladies / gentlemen do not ask "czemu?" or "co?", they use "dlaczego" and "proszę? / słucham?" instead :]
They are basically synonyms. One is just more formal.
That's right, the meaning is the same and one is more formal. "Czemu" is considered a bit rude, an evidence of lack of manners. Well bred ladies / gentlemen do not ask "czemu?" or "co?", they use "dlaczego" and "proszę? / słucham?" instead :]