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delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

this "residence" was a flat in a nearly destroyed during a war town house that Rajmund and other residents renovated by themselves.

And how did he manage to get a nice large town house apartment when others were struggling for any sort of accommodation for years?

Perhaps someone better acquainted with Warsaw can tell us - was Zoliborz a nice place between the wars?

Apparently you'd have us believe the post-war commies allowed DaddyDuck to go from AK fighter to highly-trusted and favoured comrade with a very desirable residence because they were very nice men.

Of course they would. We all know how they embraced AK men and women and most definitely never tortured/killed many of them. In fact, while they were busy torturing and dealing with former AK fighters, he was studying!
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

LINKS, EVIDENCE, PROOF, DOCUMENTATION...

The evidence is staring you in the face - an ex AK man enjoyed a meteoric rise at the start of the PRL, being trusted to carry out major work in the American embassy and managing to get his children in movies.

That - simply - didn't happen to just anyone.
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Given who was running the show behind Walesa in the early 90's, it's a sure fire bet that those twins would have done everything in their power to make things...vanish.

Tell us Polonius, how did an AK man go to being a trusted man in the eyes of the real Stalinists? How? How is it possible?
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Polonius, are you really so naive as to think that they would let just anyone install anything in the American Embassy?

The evidence is staring you in the face - the man rose from AK membership to a glittering career in the PRL, including getting his children to become film stars. That just didn't happen to anyone.
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Do you realise what kind of mess the public pension system is in? Do you realise that the system is totally, completely broken in Poland to the point where billions of zloty have just vanished into thin air?

It's not a problem for you, but for young people having to pay 1000zl a month in compulsory ZUS contributions for their small business, it is.

What you also don't realise is that the majority of Poles are thoroughly dissatisfied with the current system.
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Barney, do you know anything about ZUS and KRUS in Poland? Can you perhaps explain to us why people will stagnate if these are reformed?

You do realise that much of what Palikot proposes will make life easier for both workers and company owners?

Where the one time trick of deregulation has been used

Do you know how much deregulation needs to be carried out in Poland?
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

According to wiki PiS is Center Right or Right Wing. Thats the most common way ive heard of them being called.

And it's absolutely wrong. The North American media does a dreadful job of explaining what PiS are.

Just to help you though, given your Canadian roots - tell me, what kind of right wing party would ever tolerate support by a trade union?

Going further, wiki says PO is Center Right too...

Christian Democrat, not centre right.

Just because they are financially more socialist, does not stop them from being seen as a right wing, conservative party in Poland.

Oh dear. You do realise that it's in the interests of PiS not to be described as socialist, even though their economic policies are about as hard left as they come?
delphiandomine   
12 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Although it is an interesting point: were foreigners allowed to join the PZPR?

Don't see why not - thinking about the Soviet Union, weren't several of the well known traitors members of the Party in the Soviet Union?

So you should tell your mother that she has nothing to worry about: the bitter and twisted Teraz Kurwa My brigade are never going to get anywhere near power again. They'll still attract votes but never enough to form a government. Their vote will shrink as the bitter and twisted die off or do the Christian thing and give up their hate.

I suspect the idea is on the verge of being condemned to history.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
Work / Teaching English in Poland (Poznan) with my TEFL Cert degree [14]

Not much lower than in the popular cities, if at all.

Could even be higher. I had a look on Gumtree Warszawa earlier and got a hell of a shock - someone with a PhD in Linguistics offering themselves for 100zl/90 minutes. Incredible.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Yeah, if you get down to the 'nitty gritty,' he is basically a [very] far lefty

Oh dear WP. Yet again, your political knowledge is shown to be utterly lacking, as anyone with half a brain can see that abolishing KRUS and reforming ZUS is anything but "very far left". A genuine far left individual would abolish private business for a start.

I think he knows that Poland, no matter what some may say, is still, essentially, at its core, a Christian, generally right wing country [taking that PO, who was elected, is a centre right party, hence more right wing, theoretically].

Poland is generally left wing, not right wing. SLD - left. AWS - left. PiS - left. PSL - centre left. Palikot - centre left.

He will also be loved and adored, by the minority, who have similar views to him, and see him as their great night in shining armour.

Which will put him in a position of power due to the way that the Polish electoral system works.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
Work / Teaching English in Poland (Poznan) with my TEFL Cert degree [14]

Indeed. Wrocław is literally awash with native speakers desperate for any kind of work.

Wish it was the same in Poznan :( There's many native speakers (allegedly) from interesting countries, but still not enough from the UK/America to drive wages down that far. Still, I'm about to place an advertisement for a 4 hour block of work twice a week - we'll see what kind of response I get...

What's interesting is how idiotic many "native speakers" are. I once had one refuse to come to an interview because he'd had an argument with his girlfriend - which is just ridiculous!
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
Work / Teaching English in Poland (Poznan) with my TEFL Cert degree [14]

40 to 50 PLN an hour means 20 to 25 PLN if you're stuck with a flaky student who cancels every other lesson at the last minute (no shortage of those in Poland).

Ah, yes - this is why I think that anyone considering this line of work has to make it clear that there's a cancellation policy and stick to it. I completely agree that there's no shortage of them in Poland - which is why you have to be strict and to not tolerate any cancellations on the day. Anyone not willing to agree probably isn't worth the hassle.

Last time I looked, Wrocław Gumtree was loaded with ads from native speakers giving conversation lessons for 30 PLN. (And I bet most of them are Brits and Irishemen who came here to be with their Polish girlfriends).

Without a shadow of a doubt. I observed a while ago that it was getting cheaper to get a native than a Pole to do the same job - which was an interesting state of affairs.

Private lessons are fine as supplemental income, but as a full-time job, it requires a great deal of work.

In my experience, if you want to go down this route, the most sensible way is to combine private lessons with corporate classes. The corporate classes will rarely cancel, and if they do, they'll often just sign to say that they were there anyway.

Absolutely. I said the best jobs go to the best qualified and the most experienced.

Or those who were in the know ;)

Try places in eastern Poland like Augustów, Mielec, Chełm or £omża.

I suspect it's the same old story - girlfriend wants to move back home to be near the family, girlfriend convinces boyfriend that you can "earn a lot as a native speaker" and - well - girlfrend dumps boyfriend down the line for the man who already has a real career.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
Work / Teaching English in Poland (Poznan) with my TEFL Cert degree [14]

Never take a job that pays less than 50 PLN per 60 minutes AFTER TAXES.

Easier said than done in the current economic climate. Some good schools in Poznan at least might only pay 45zl net, but they will look after you. The best advice is to take what you can get in the first year and then adjust to suit. I started off on 35zl an hour net - absolutely pathetic, but it was a great foot in the door. 2 years later, I was teaching almost exclusively corpo-drones and doing well out of it.

If they can't guarantee you at least 20 hours a week, keep on looking.

That's not going to happen right now. The only schools that will make such guarantees will pay you a significantly lower base salary. And I can assure you that any school willing to offer 4000zl base a month will certainly not be interested in a random Irish bloke with a "TEFL" qualification

Forget about giving private lessons. Until you're experienced, the best, high-paying customers won't even look at you.

Actually, this isn't true. I haven't actively advertised for private classes in over two years, yet I'm still getting people calling me after seeing old online advertisements. Friends of mine report not much has changed, and even a friend of mine who openly admits to doing nothing other than conversation classes is still getting 40-50PLN/hour easily. The bloke in question turned up a few months ago with no experience and no knowledge of teaching English (and works a corpo job, the private classes are for beer) - and he's still getting calls.

It's worth pointing out that *if* you don't meet their expectations, then they will simply not show up for the next appointment. Private lessons are fine and well, but Poles have no sense of duty when it comes to these things. They certainly shouldn't be relied on for a steady income.

As for what Dominic says about the in-laws - absolutely right. In fact, much of what he says is absolutely right.

"relocate", can you tell us more about yourself? I might be looking for a part time teacher next year...
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Polonius, I think we all know by now that your thoughts on politics are usually along the lines of "PIS WILL WIN EVERYONE ELSE WILL LOSE BADLY"

Even your opinion polls that you produce as evidence of PiS winning all have Ruch Palikota returning to the Sejm.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Poles against religious exams in schools [7]

To come back to the topic somewhat, does anybody know what, if anything Polish school-children are taught about homosexuality? I get a rather nasty feeling that all they might be taught about it is that 'it's a sin!'. Is the topic addressed in any classes other than religion class?

Completely ignored, as far as I'm aware. I'd be surprised if it was even mentioned in religion classes as part of the programme.

I'm glad to see that the Ministry of Education has stood their ground on this - the Church was whining and moaning about it, but they also refused to integrate religion as a core part of the programme (which would mean far more rigorous oversight as to the programme itself)
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

No longer, SLD is third.

No longer? Ruch Palikota are very much third in terms of the number of seats. Furthermore, they have managed to energise a cross section of society - I notice that they're really making inroads in smaller towns in Poland.

Do you know why 90% of the voters rejected them? Would it have anything to do with their mad right wing policies?

Except 90% of voters didn't reject them.

As for Ironside, you and Polonius really have some sort of obsession with gay sex.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Polish party and anti-Polish party, worthy people and people without conscience, those who wanted Poland free and independent and those who preferred humiliating foreign dominance.

Ah, yet more of the "If you're not with us, then you must be ZOMO" talk?

Sorry Ironside, but there's plenty of people who supported a free and independent Poland, yet they want nothing to do with Kaczynski and his mob.

But then someone who would vote for a whole new movement coincidently named after the leader and thinks it was a liberating vote is beyond redemption.

Barney, do you understand why Ruch Palikota came into existence? Do you know why they won 3rd place in the Sejm?

Ruch Palikota stand for doing things that no-one else is proposing. But tell us, how would you deal with KRUS?
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

You forgot "leader of the 3rd biggest party in the Sejm".

By the way, who was it that brought an iPad to the Sejm to give a speech? Not Palikot.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Poles against religious exams in schools [7]

Sixty five percent of Poles are against the introduction of religion exams for pupils completing their end of school matriculation, a new poll has found.

The survey follows discussions on the matter last week between representatives of Poland's Roman Catholic Episcopate and the Ministry of Education, with the latter concluding against the policy.

According to the poll, which was carried out by the Homo Homini Institute for the Rzeczpospolita daily, 28 percent of respondents were for the introduction of religion as an additional exam subject in Poland's school leaving exams, known as matura and typically taken by pupils aged 19.

Currently, pupils have three compulsory subjects - Polish, Mathematics and a modern language - in their matura exams, plus six additional subjects.

Senevty two percent of Prime Minister Tusk's centre-right Civic Platform party told the pollster that they were against the exams.

Supporters of the liberal, anti-clerical Palikot's Movement party - currently the third largest grouping in parliament - were 100 percent against, while those supporting the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) were 80 percent against.

The proposal proved most popular with supporters of conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) with 52 percent in favour of exams in religion. (nh/pg)

When even 48% of PiS supporters are against allowing religion to be taken as a Matura subject, it can be said that the public is against such an initiative.

If anyone was in any doubt as to the declining influence of the Church, well, here you are.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Or do you have to be a Polish citizen?

Yep, unfortunately. I'm going to apply for citizenship as soon as I can - just so I can vote.

They are straight from central casting every cliche in the book.

Reforming the business environment in Poland is a 'cliche'?

It's no secret that the average Palikot voter is being robbed blind.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / Palikot - too liberal/modern for Poland? [197]

Barney, really, do you know anything about Ruch Palikota?

They aren't promoting tea party stuff at all - they're promoting liberal economic reforms that Poland badly needs, especially in the area of ZUS for small businesspeople. Their policies will in fact help people massively - they support the abolition of KRUS, which will certainly help everyone as we no longer have to pay to support uneconomic farms.

People blindly consider them right-wing conservatives.

They are anything but. They're Catholic Socialists. And they're harder to the left than any other party in Poland economically.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

As on the topic- I felt bad in Poland when the IV RP idea was going into action and on every election I make sure with my one little, silly vote that it will never happen again.

Likewise. The thought of a country being run as one giant witch hunt scares me.

What do you mean by that ? Do they force people to practice religion ? Make sex before marriage illegal ? Can you give actual examples how conservative parties are restricting individual freedom ?

I think a quick look at Orban's media policies should tell you all you need to know about what Conservative parties do with power.

How were you negatively affected ? Were you arrested by CBA ?

The country was a laughing stock internationally. That affected everyone.
delphiandomine   
11 Jun 2013
News / 4th Polish Republic may re-emerge [244]

Indeed. Christianity as a whole was rather disruptive to the existing way of doing things.

Wonder why Polonius objects so much to such a thing?