Polonius3
4 Jun 2013
Life / Poland's instability? Voivodships and education. [4]
Some say things change too slowly in Poland, but in some cases the opposite may be true. The USA has had 50 states for half a century. Before that the 49th (maybe Arizona) may have been added back in around 1912 (off the top of my head).
Now Poland, just since WW2 has had 13 voivodships, then 17, then 49 and now 16.
Or take education. First there was a 7-year primary and 4-year secondary schiool. The primary was later extended to 8 years. Under Gierek they were planning to introduce a Soviet-style 10-latka (primary and secodnary crammed into 10 years). In free Poland a middle school was introduced, now some want to do away with it and revert to 8 + 4.
The textbook poublishers and sellers are having a field day.
In other areas as well, each new government wants to make everyhting over, but the net result is often instabiltiy and chaos. Any ideas on this?
Some say things change too slowly in Poland, but in some cases the opposite may be true. The USA has had 50 states for half a century. Before that the 49th (maybe Arizona) may have been added back in around 1912 (off the top of my head).
Now Poland, just since WW2 has had 13 voivodships, then 17, then 49 and now 16.
Or take education. First there was a 7-year primary and 4-year secondary schiool. The primary was later extended to 8 years. Under Gierek they were planning to introduce a Soviet-style 10-latka (primary and secodnary crammed into 10 years). In free Poland a middle school was introduced, now some want to do away with it and revert to 8 + 4.
The textbook poublishers and sellers are having a field day.
In other areas as well, each new government wants to make everyhting over, but the net result is often instabiltiy and chaos. Any ideas on this?