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jon357   
17 Sep 2017
Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]

Perhaps it would be better for everybody if you left this discussion to those of us who aren't utterly clueless about education.

Agreed. Odd to talk about something if they've got little to actually say.

I for one quite enjoy reading Delph's 'Diary of a Teacher in Poland' - it's a hard job and getting harder; the impact that technology is having on the profession is fascinating right now.
jon357   
17 Sep 2017
Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]

50+ weeks are nothing unusual

Absolutely.

we get a salary, and that salary is for the job, not just the contact hours.

Minimum wage is calculated on a monthly basis in PL, whereas in countries where it's calculated hourly, new teachers probably have a legal case about this.
jon357   
17 Sep 2017
Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]

Saturday night, and just to show how much teachers work, I'm sitting here correcting a mountain of books while devising ideas for next week's classes.

One day there will be a legal case about all the extra work that teachers are expected to do - if you add up the actual number of hours, it's sometimes huge.
jon357   
16 Sep 2017
UK, Ireland / British court lets violent Polish racists walk free [61]

Poles born in the UK anglicise their names from unspellable.

According to the media, this pair are from Poland.

they were underclass in Poland and made it to the UK where they continue there 'marginesowe' lifestyle

This is very possible.
jon357   
15 Sep 2017
Travel / Bus from Mrągowo to Gierloz (Wolf's Lair) [2]

Mrągowo D.A

You'll need to take a taxi either way and this place (the bus station): Mrągowo D.A, is the easiest place to get one.

Are the bus tickets bought directly from the driver or in a machine at the station?

Depends. No machine, but if there's a ticket office in the bus station, buy them there, or otherwise buy from the driver. Try to have the correct change or something near it (i.e. no 100zl or 200zl banknotes).
jon357   
15 Sep 2017
Travel / Milk Bars in Warsaw's Old Town [18]

You probably remember when cop shops' canteens were open to all.

I used to go to one up ul. Jagiellonska in Praga, near the FSO factory. The public bit was mostly retired police, often living in the police flats behind. It was cheap, good quality and always a pleasant atmosphere. Foreigners were a rarity then, especially somewhere like trhat and the people there were always really nice. Last time I went past it had become a kebab shop.

There's one place in my nearest town that accepts these vouchers (is it MOPS?)

In Poznan at the milk bar just off the Rynek (really nice pancakes with fruit, sweet white cheese and cream) old guys used to stand outside selling their coupons so they could buy something they wanted instead. We used to buy the coupons sometimes and use them.
jon357   
15 Sep 2017
Travel / Milk Bars in Warsaw's Old Town [18]

I wasn't sure whether they were comparable to a soup kitchen in the US in terms of the people who can be found there.

No, some are popular with office workers for lunch, with students, with retired people. Sometimes they also sell the food in plastic tubs to take out and reheat - elderly people often buy it. Some take food stamps, however the people with those tend to go to the suburban ones rather than the city centre.

Some are modern ones (the Mleczarnia chain in Warsaw, bright, shiny and clean) some are older ones that have been modernised, some are still very old fashioned looking (don't let that put you off) plus there are a few office canteens that are open to the public - very similar to Bary Mleczny and often better.

The soups are usually excellent in them.

Another option for eating is the catering college on ul. Poznanska. (the southern end) They have a daily menu, and always a set menu (a lot of the customers have a subscription and pay in advance to use a fixed menu - you can have the daily set price meal or order from a menu). It's Bar Mleczny prices more or less and very good quality.
jon357   
15 Sep 2017
News / Two Polish Men on trial for brutally murdering German Pop Star in homophobic attack [53]

It's interesting that you think a natural response to being chatted up is to brutally violate someone to the point of death.

I suppose if it's never happened to you...

Strange? It's a very popular way of travelling, especially if you only need a place to crash for a few hours.

Some hostels are very good and compare well with small hotels. Not necessarily shared rooms, many of the Berlin ones have double and single bedrooms.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Two Polish Men on trial for brutally murdering German Pop Star in homophobic attack [53]

Muslims and rapegees

You must love it seeing people different to you walking past you, being happy and knowing there's nothing you can do about it.

a homosexual hits on a heterosexual

Do you a, know that someone hit on them at all, and b. think gang rape and murder or indeed any kind of agression isa an appropriate response to any social situation?
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]

Sure, but even the most violent person shouldn't be hit on the head with a heavy police baton

I'm sure the officer was trained in its use.

hit on the head with a heavy police baton, repeatedly eight times while cuffed, arrested and on the ground, surrendered by the six other fully equipped officers.

Has that been established in a court as true?
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
Work / Diary of a Teacher in Poland [181]

my child's teacher blogging

They're a few anonymous teacher bloigs. Usually other teachers are their main audience. None reveal the school or exact location. The Gurdian prints a weekly column by one of the bloggers.

Clearly the kid was cheating under pressure from home, which was just so desperately unfair.

In some countries, this is rife, the parents encourage the cheating. Here, they switched the whole country's mobile phone system down on the two days of the Baccalaureat exam this year, due to the richer kids cheating and teachers who aren't the best invigilators..
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
UK, Ireland / 31 year old Polish man causes accident under influence of alcohol and kills 8 [198]

that there is no balance

It would be very boring indeed if there had to be balanced reporting. Not that it would be that balanced anyway - it's hard to keep out nuances that betray a point of view.

It's a forum, anyone can and does make threads and comment on them. That's the real balance, two sides on a weighing scale, one opinion in a thread balancing another.

When people talk about bias, they usually mean an opinion far from their own.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]

It's far from irrelevant. Anyone doing a particularly dangerous job like a Police Officer dealing with violent people has to make a judgement based on the situation. He had a Nazi tattoo, therefore he is likely to be a substantially increased danger. The fact that he has a long criminal record proves that right.

The police have not only a right but also a duty to themselves and the public to make a judgement based on what they see. And what they saw was a Nazi.

What was the ticket for, by the way?
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Two Polish Men on trial for brutally murdering German Pop Star in homophobic attack [53]

a mild version of some of the stuff that would be spewed.

I was of course right:

shitholes known as "muslim neighbourhoods" .......They are savages that should be executed.

Amazing how one of them also managed to work Muslims into it, even if irrelevantly. It's as if they thing of nothing else. What must it be like to be filled with so much hatred and bile?

The case in Berlin looks clear cut, if there's DNA.

So every person who tries to pick up someone in a bar/hotel whatever should expect to be horrifically murdered?

Quite. If I horrifically murdered every woman who tried to pick me up in a hotel bar or elsewhere, there would be a programme about me on Discovery Channel and a slew of bad paperbacks. However there isn't, because most people do not of course horrifically murder people in hotels or anywhere else. These guys did, and are looking at a long sentence. I wonder how much they'd had to drink.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]

An alleged Nazi thug,

'Alleged Nazi?' He couldn't make his affiliation much clearer than:

a picture of Adolf Hitler

Alleged ... thug"

an extensive criminal record

His convictions were probably not for whistling on a Sunday.

Interesting that all we've seen of it is a cruddy YouTube video. It would be nice to hear the response from the Danish Police, and any comment from lawyers representing the Nazi thug.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
Travel / Milk Bars in Warsaw's Old Town [18]

In some parts of Nowy Swiat, there are so many beggars in the evening that it's like painting the Forth Bridge. They throw one out, another comes. Most proprietors don't care anyway about customer comfort as long as they make money.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]

would beat up your antifa buddies.

Who?

You seem to be whining and squealing since a thug that you agree with got a hard time from the police. Better to err on the side of caution and wait for the formal investigation - we'll see what was happening before your dodgy Youtube clip.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
UK, Ireland / 31 year old Polish man causes accident under influence of alcohol and kills 8 [198]

Considering that there were two to the party

Two drunken lorry drivers?

this dude who happened to be Polish

Who happened to be drunk.

err on the side of caution rather than jumping to the conclusions

I'm sure the police and courts will take all factors into consideration.
jon357   
14 Sep 2017
News / Polish couple brutally attacked by the Danish police. [46]

then I am sure evidence would have been published.

Perhaps it will be...

Police in many countries today only care about their income, benefits, and pensions

An expert on police in Europe, are you? Perhaps one day you'll evebn visit and see one, however until then, your experiences of the police culture in Denmark and the issues involved are at best second-hand.