News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Already May has lost so much from her fellow party members, I can't see her lasting more than until the end of her present term in office.

Had the US a vote of no confidence as exists in Europe (including England), Trump would've been booted out long agoLOL

Study / Expat kids in schools in Poland [77]

Sounds more like Mixed-Pickles to me! Perhaps the poster wants to say something on the order of "Interdisciplinary" education and it simply came out wrong.

For many foreigners, Latinate and Greek-derived words in English can often be confusing.

Back to the issue of homeschooling, I cannot stress enough how deleterious it can be for one's development. Again, not from my own experience, but having known an American who was homeschooled, he definitely had trouble fitting in.

Study / Expat kids in schools in Poland [77]

I tend to agree.
It's a rough world out there and shielding kids from life runs the risk from a socially integrative perspective of creating a generation of "the boy in the bubble" aka

youngsters who are overly protected, coddled if you will, from disease that they no longer can develop a healthy immune system to fight off illness, therefore succumb to maladies such as the common cold. Those with a healthy, strong immune system survive, indeed often thrive, especially when the going gets tough:-)

While scarcely a Darwinist as anyone after all this time on PF who knows my modus operandi can safely vouch, I feel homeschooling is a mistake, basing such

feelings on my own upbringing with a strong, present working mom at home who encouraged me from early on to "get out there" and above all, NEVER to turn the other cheek!

Life / If I move to a big city in Poland will I come across a lot of English speakers? [32]

Perhaps, one can only hope...and pray.

@Ironside,
If you'd bother to even try to understand what I say, you'd be a lot better off:-)

Life / If I move to a big city in Poland will I come across a lot of English speakers? [32]

[moved from]

Once again, I found that the few attempts of Poles speaking English to me in Poland were without exception exercises in futility on both our parts.

Scarcely think my basic questions came off that threatening so that I couldn't even get a decent response.

Life / Left-wing agitators in Poland [49]

I never even tried, Milo, although when several young folks whom I met along the way while strolling with a German acquaintance through the streets of Szczecin wanted to speak English to us, neither, especially I, could barely understand them:-) When I asked even the simplest baby question to one of them such as "How long do you live here?" (and not correct grammatically eitherLOL), the young man froze up and sheepishly nodded, answering "Yes, I haven't". Could I have asked an easier question?

Scintillating conversation. What's your secret?
:-)

Life / Worst aspects of living in Poland? [82]

Monkey business, Black Market bribery and the like are certainly not limited to Poland.

History / A History of Gdansk, Poland [130]

Jon,
Germans, like many nationalities, frequently adapt other countries' names in order to suit their own pronunciation patterns. It need not be for strictly imperialistic reasons.

Study / Looking for universities with online Polish language studies [8]

I wish you all the best of luck, abd!

What I've posted are only my opinions and naturally shouldn't be considered gospel truth:-)

History / A History of Gdansk, Poland [130]

gregy741,

As your doubtless aware, much of current Poland was in fact under Germanic control for centuries. For this reason, most Polish towns have two official names, one German and the other Polish, e.g. Hellberg/Jasna Gora etc.....

Classifieds / Work Visa Type (National Visa) appointments are difficult at Mumbai Consulate [47]

Not always, Rich.

Language / Opinions on Google Translate for Polish [28]

Thanks for that, mhurwicz. Will ck it out ASAP!

News / LGBT hate speech to be banned in Poland [208]

Maybe ya oughta find a different venueLOL

Classifieds / Looking for a job in Poland ? Welcome: India, Nepal, Bangladesh etc [8]

But how about foreign people with heretofore zero local language knowledge? Would they be considered as well, or would some type of basic, perhaps on-the-job language training in Polish also be provided? Best regards:-)

Polonia / Pregnant Polish woman stabbed in Germany, loses baby [77]

"Garage talk"?

Unless you're being sarcastic as Berliners are known to be, you know that "Werkstattgespraech" simply means "workshop discussion", and does not refer to an actual auto or body shop!

:-)

Classifieds / Looking for a job in Poland ? Welcome: India, Nepal, Bangladesh etc [8]

Knowledge of Polish a requirement, I take it:-)

Polonia / Pregnant Polish woman stabbed in Germany, loses baby [77]

So Maf, you also subscribe to the age-old notion of original sin aka we're all basically bad?

UK, Ireland / British men don't really like women [137]

I'd scarcely describe myself as overly macho either, remain though confused as to this unfounded stereotype of the Brits, that's all.
Why are foreigners, particularly Americans, so, so threatened by gentility and proper upbringing?

Polonia / Pregnant Polish woman stabbed in Germany, loses baby [77]

I'm naturally concerned with both, Maf, only why does one exclude the other, this is what I still don't understand! Are not all of us human beings, albeit not always "equal" as people?

Polonia / Pregnant Polish woman stabbed in Germany, loses baby [77]

And that's the crux of the problem! Why hate someone who never did you any dirt, except for being the unwitting pawn in continent's deadly game of cat and mouse?

UK, Ireland / British men don't really like women [137]

Right, Johnny!

Therefore, why this persistent slander that the English are some sort of "fag country"? Because a people's favorite avocation is gardening and watercoloring, that makes them homosexuals??! Because somebody in a homogeneous grouping stands out because they have a perceptible foreign accent, does that necessarily make them a spy?

I don't follow the logic.

Polonia / Pregnant Polish woman stabbed in Germany, loses baby [77]

Terrific! This'll merely fan the flames of an already ungovernable national hatred of all Muslims, not to mention non-European refugees in general.

UK, Ireland / British men don't really like women [137]

Guess Tom Jones, the late Roger Moore, Richard Burton, and the very much alive Sean Connory were just hangin' out for the ride, is that it?

Each of the aforementioned were considered the sexiest WOMANizers alive in their day:-)

Classifieds / Bricklayers wanted in Denmark [2]

I reiterate, a reading, perhaps not a speaking, knowledge of Danish, the language of the country, would surely come in handy, no?

History / Israeli wants to wipe Poland off the map! [198]

The Arab States want to wipe Israel off the map owing to a centuries, indeed millenia-old, misunderstanding concerning Palestine's primogeniture!
Countries DO share borders, after all:-)

Law / How to start up a transportation company in Poland? [6]

Read my private message I sent you, YASIR, then we can talk.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

Marry in haste, repent at leisure!

Study / Studying in Warsaw (WUT) - degree valid worldwide? [8]

While I would agree with Rich concerning most of the second paragraph, as far as Polish native instructors speaking "very good" English, I again and for the umpteenth time to distraction no doubt, must adamantly disagree!

Here in the States, nearly all foreign-born professors lecturing of course in the English language, be they from Poland, India, Afghanistan or Zanzibar, usually would make a brief disclaimer before the class at the start of a new semester, acknowledging their lack of native-speaker English and asking for the class' indulgence.

I've no experience, certainly not in Poland, not even in other European countries, whether or not such is considered customary or appropriate:-)

Study / Studying in Warsaw (WUT) - degree valid worldwide? [8]

My advice would be to try a more costly, but in the end more rewarding, choice.

News / Polish Independence Day March in Warsaw. Is it going to be the biggest march yet? [1530]

All of Europe NEEDS you, B.B., and that's a heck of a difference, rather than "love", more emnity (Neid, Eifersucht) :-)