Study / Opinion about West Pomeranian Business School in Szczecin? Is it a good school? [24]

Probably also such English courses are not even given by English native speakers, but instead by Poles or other "entitled" EU nationalsLOL

Degree's probably not worth the papyrus it's printed on:-)

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

Hmmm, a devilishly tricky dilemma for those in today's Claims Conferences, all claiming restitution, redress and so forth for wrongs or missdeeds committed by the Germans during the Second World War. An equally sticky thread might be a claim by the descendants of those Germans these days, claiming with historical veracity that WE, the American Allies, in fact raped scores of innocent female German nationals after the end of the War!!

Be interesting to see how the Allies explain that one away, huh?

Wonder if the above text includes Jewish Poles as well as non-Jews:-) Thanks anyhow, Vox.

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

Nice argument, Delphi!

Indeed, the fixing of guilt itself remains as sticky today practically as it did almost seventy years ago at Nuremberg. From our modern-day perspective, certainly from my own as a Jew, there can be no question that the "legality" of what the Nazis perpetrated was just a barbarous perversion of the law, period:-) On the other hand, the reason, sadly, you also have a valid point is that technically, the Nazis in occupied Poland or "Generalgouvernment" were not "breaking" any laws, they were following them to the letter. The fact that we today regard their actions as vile, immoral and/or unethical changes nothing about the facts. The facts were simply that Jewish property was to be confiscated bar none, to be aryanized at the behest of the local Reichskommissariat, and its owners displaced and/or usually sent to their certain death, end of story.

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

In theory, I'd have to concede your point! You do understand though, the wish for this family to gain some sort of closure. After all, it wasn't a "contract of sale"-type situation, whereby under "normal" circumstances the seller cedes to the buyer said goods, merchandise, property etc... This was the forcible expulsion vs. procedural "eviction" of tenant, NOT for violation of certain terms and conditions of a contract, e.g. lease or similar document etc., rather the wanton pillaging of property by an outside enemy from a group of persons (the Jews) whose legal status in occupied Poland already was tenuous, to say the least:-)

Study / I got accepted into a university in Gliwice, Poland! [38]

Perception is (still) many people's reality, Joey! It's unfortunately all about people's mere perception of things, and not the reality of how they truly are:-)

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

@TheOther,

To the best of my knowledge, the petitioner's claim is with Poland, not Germany. The family contacted Ms. Kopacz and was politely, but firmly, rebuffed. I don't know if they also contacted the Merkel government. Something tells me they have not, nor would they, as the property in question is in Poland rather than in Germany or on the border area.

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

Thank you again, delphiandomine, for an interesting and thoughtful reply:-) Let's see now what others out there on PF think about this!

To be sure, the survivor and her family couldn't disagree with you more. The point could be argued from the point of view covering legal ethics of ANY reparation for injury, damage or theft:-)

History / Restitution Sought by US Holocaust Survivor Family of Expropriated Property in Zywiec, Poland [24]

The issue, I believe, is that said property/properties (consisting of among other places, a single, free-standing apartment building) was, so to speak "re-inhabited" by, obviously, gentile Poles after the War, in all likelihood blissfully unaware of its history! The survivor and her family simply are looking for some sort of financial remuneration for the fact that the property was stolen (and technically, on Polish soil), but the theft was never even acknowledged by either the Polish or even the German governments until today.

It seems the present Polish government would tend to agree with you, Delphi, that Poland bears zero responsibility for any actions undertaken by occupying forces pre-1945:-)

Work / There are English speaking jobs in Poland. [9]

Neither do I! In the end, learning the target language will only facilitate matters eventually:-)

Related:

Finding English-speaking job position in Poland


On CV review employees indicate and confirm good knowledge of English or at least average.
But don't compare your self to them. Most of companies owners or CO here are dumb.
I mean flawed educated, & that's the problem - you need to comprehend with them...

News / Poland in ruin or flourishing? [35]

I read an article in a Polish newspaper "If Poland isn't in ruins, where is it then?" There's been concern of late that because so many Poles, particularly younger ones, feel they have to leave the country and search for jobs on foreign shores, that perhaps President Duda had better get the ship of state sailing on course......OR ELSE!!

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

Precisely, jon:-) Well, I guess we now all know the answer!

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

"Gobbledygook" because it makes sense, perhaps?

Sorry you feel so threatened:-)

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

An American-born English teacher in, say, Russia or Poland, is completely different from a Russian or Polish-born/trained teacher English abroad:-)

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

Quite, Tori!

And it's chiefly black-market type immigrants to both the UK as as well as the US who lowball, i.e. low bid/under bid, the British/US employer with a cheaper (not necessarily BETTER!!) product:-) Just remember, good "enough" costs less, "the best" ALWAYS costs the limit!! An American language school or college would jump at the chance to hire Professional Teacher rather than an equally educated native-born US English speaker because a Pole or a Russian will usually take less.

I see this everyday where I teach:-)

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

Ditto. It'd be an excellent idea:-)

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

Sounds just a little too big for her britches somehow.

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

'Couldn't agree with you more! A pity that certain among us don't like to 'fess up to their errors:-)

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

@InPolska & Co.,

I'm just sharing some of my experiences over the years, that's all. Not trying to insult anybody, I'm only reflecting on my colleagues from various lands who believe themselves to be G-d's gift to English......oodles of mistakes and all:-)

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]

Just remember, not__polish! There are lies, there are damn lies, and there are statistics:-)

Stats NEVER tell the whole story

Ahem, Lewandowski might just be one of the greatest soccer players of the modern era!

Let's back to the topic - Poland and Frederick the Great governments (further off-topic post will end up in the random thread)

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Amen!

News / Poland's Economy Is Booming! The EU's Success Story? [711]

Poland has made serious strides over the last several decades and while perhaps not economically up to Germany's productivity, just remember the large burgeoning software industry in Poland.

Classifieds / Private English Lessons by Experienced Professional Teacher in Poland (Warsaw) [107]

I can only respond by recalling my own (now rather distant) memories of my first Polish lesson with an Austrian-born Polish native speaker from Lwów, born to Polish-speaking Jews in that-time Bukowina. Right up front, Jolu told me that Polish was NOT her native tongue but that she had been raised as though it were!! Not being in any position to argue the point, I embarked upon what proved to be the most exhilarating language learning odyssey of my younger existence:-)

I asked once if an "American" friend might join me during one of the lessons, i.e. another client might be interested in some excellent Polish instruction. Jola didn't object (not did she suspect what I was up to) and so I had this other person "judge" my teacher's Polish, so as to see that it was "prawdziwy". My friend, naturally, wasn't American at all, but Polish "z krwi i kości"!!! She said nothing throughout the class, later confessing to me that Jola's Polish was so authentic, noone could ever tell it wasn't her first language!!

As you probably can tell by this point, I'm a tough customer to pleaseLOL

History / Peasantry system in Poland - Did it consisted of three classes? [13]

Pardon, but the comparison made was with 'Mongolians", aka "Asians", and not with "Mongoloids" aka "retards"!!
All due respect:-)

History / Peasantry system in Poland - Did it consisted of three classes? [13]

Give it a rest, man!

History / Peasantry system in Poland - Did it consisted of three classes? [13]

As with many other Slavic neighbors, the Poles DO also share distant Asiatic roots. What's your point exactly? Thus far, all I've been able to make heads or tails of a lot of rambling.

History / Heresy of Germanization and/or Anglicanization - The genesis; Polish, Slavic opinion [14]

????? A wee bit of a history lesson on your part might well be in order. Not quite sure how to respond to your numerous inaccuracies:-)

History / Peasantry system in Poland - Did it consisted of three classes? [13]

Uh-uh, watch the stereotyping again, not__Polish. "Turkic nomads"?? The Polish aristocracy??? It was Polish king Jan Sobieski who helped drive the Turks out of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the 17th century, if memory serves me correctly!

History / Frederick the Great governments from Poland's perspective [24]

Precisely, Funky Samoan! You too know your German history. Friedrich der Grosse zu Hohenzollern established one of the major aristocratic dynasties within the German Empire, along with the Hohenstaufen and, in Bavaria, the Wittelsbach family.

History / Heresy of Germanization and/or Anglicanization - The genesis; Polish, Slavic opinion [14]

"Germanization" would scarcely have been a Christianizing influence on Poland, not__Polish! In fact, there's been extensive historical debate still raging in some circles, I should add, that claims Germany never truly Christianized, as did Britain or France, for instance. With the success of the Nazis, one might think that the latter day Teutons remained what they always had been - a bunch of pagans who paid lip service to Christian values, but when the chips were down, reverted to their heathen roots in short order:-)