Came to Poland to study medicine. I really like it here, it`s nice to be a student here and the beer is sure cheap and tasty :)
I`ve met a alot of polish people, some that speak fluent english, others that I can communicate with through body language and some odd germans words. Made quite a few good friends, mostly because of the local kickboxing/muay thai club that I train at. Never knew that poles where that interested in martial arts, or as good at it as i`ve learnt that they are. People that used to glare at me out on town greet me, buy me bears and try to "play spare" with me. Mostly the girls are more openminded and usually are interested in knowing my background and how I like it in Poland.
That is one side of my experience, the other one is of young racist poles, had a few encounters with these in the town i live in. Just today walking home from the local supermarket i got in a brawl as some idiots threw beerbottles after me.
Pinned one of them down, told him to apologize but the moron didn`t know a word of english.
The people that I meet in the neighbourhood are usually nice and kind. The foreign students are mostly respected in this town. We are not here to steal any jobs from the poles, we are actually spending a lot of money here, creating new job oppurtunities. Still i don`t understand where all this hate comes from. The guys that threw beerbottles at me have probably never seen a "dark person" like me except on television, but they thought it ok to throw stuff at me and make animal noises.
What do you guys (polish) here think about foreign students in your towns?
Btw. English is not my mothertongue so please excuse any spelling errors.
I`ve met a alot of polish people, some that speak fluent english, others that I can communicate with through body language and some odd germans words. Made quite a few good friends, mostly because of the local kickboxing/muay thai club that I train at. Never knew that poles where that interested in martial arts, or as good at it as i`ve learnt that they are. People that used to glare at me out on town greet me, buy me bears and try to "play spare" with me. Mostly the girls are more openminded and usually are interested in knowing my background and how I like it in Poland.
That is one side of my experience, the other one is of young racist poles, had a few encounters with these in the town i live in. Just today walking home from the local supermarket i got in a brawl as some idiots threw beerbottles after me.
Pinned one of them down, told him to apologize but the moron didn`t know a word of english.
The people that I meet in the neighbourhood are usually nice and kind. The foreign students are mostly respected in this town. We are not here to steal any jobs from the poles, we are actually spending a lot of money here, creating new job oppurtunities. Still i don`t understand where all this hate comes from. The guys that threw beerbottles at me have probably never seen a "dark person" like me except on television, but they thought it ok to throw stuff at me and make animal noises.
What do you guys (polish) here think about foreign students in your towns?
Btw. English is not my mothertongue so please excuse any spelling errors.