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Is it normal for companies/schools in Poland to be rude? [116]
Torq has a point, aphrodisiac. Why? Because quite a few teachers are disillusioned from experiences in their own country and feel thwarted and frustrated. They should not transfer that angst to Poland. It's not the fault of the Poles that their government (Polish) doesn't have a clue about the cost of living here and pay often grossly disproportionate salaries and shrug their shoulders, 'it's Poland'. Very few people in this world truly have full control over what they are paid. Oftentimes, you accept what you get. I know exactly what Torq was trying to say. They know where the door is.
I agree with the work experience part (from convex). It was inbuilt into my first vocational degree and I'm the better for those 6 months in my 3rd year. A better blend between practical, industrial exp and academic learning is definitely desirable.
Aphrodisiac, many Polish men do train their 'stiff', just on Friday and Saturday nights ;) ;)
I don't think Torq sounded envious at all. This is not Japan where the nail that sticks up gets hammered down. Torq is likely different from many of his peers (due to his fluent English) and can be. He doesn't need to be placed inside the brackets as it were.
Poland has embraced those EU exchange programmes (Comenus, Sokrates, Erasmus etc etc) so there is hope.
What I would wish of Polish schools is to explicitly clarify the relevance of their courses to REAL situations and requirements in life. From browsing through various fora for students, I can see that the views expressed therein square with what I've heard in that this is not done. In any business plan, the objectives should be clearly stated and laid out. With a school that provides useful content and measurable yardsticks for success, the student then cannot be too cheesed off when certain goals weren't attained (providing all aspects were conducted properly). Students complain about things I have very little control over and the teacher is the easy target. They complain about 'grammar', wow, that minor area ;0 ;) ;) It's very hard for the teacher to cater for their ill-defined whims and unrealistic demands.