Work / Job prospects for an English (and German) speaker in Poland? [4]

get yourself some kind of TEFL and you should be sorted if you want to teach english,
but with the german qualification you'd be able to teach it no hassle, all the classes are done in the target language so even though you're studyin polish you wouldnt even have to use it at all.

From another topic:

Proficiency in English (CPC), how far it would get in Poland?


With just the English knowledge (even perfect) she could be a teacher or translator at most... (but then she would need a college degree to teach). Maybe she could be hired as a private interpreter or something.

Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]


only if it's written in your contract, if not then it's their own fault.

In the schools I've worked in I've never had problems and I've piercings and tattoos and have never even once had to wear a suit, not even proper trousers, just jeans, i thought I'd have had problems when it got warm in the summer with shorts but nah, even one else wears them.

If your boss has a problem with your hair colour then he's a tossbag and not worth working for

Life / How do Polish people feel about an English teacher with crimson dyed hair? [10]

do it and if they fire you then sue them for unfair dismissal so you'll either keep your job or get a ton of dosh when you win your case against them

Food / I am a cider drinker, where to get it in Krakow [40]


Hope so, just make sure and get it before the snow comes, cider is useless when it's in cold weather

Food / I am a cider drinker, where to get it in Krakow [40]

Jaysys, I'd love some Irish cider, can't inderstand why you can get crap like apple-flavoured beer here but not proper cider, surely with the hot weather here. it'd be a success.

I suppose the irish pubs have bulmers...no sorry magners...but since there's none in Kato anymore I'm not sure.

I got Cheddar in Lerlerc last week, it was alright like but not the best, although must better than the shite gouda you get in shop

Work / What am I allowed to say about a company on the Internet without getting sued [12]

can we all just DM you and then tell us?
that way you're not making it public

And then if someone you tell tells the rest of the forum then sure, it coula been anyone that told him

Life / Polish blu tak [11]

get someone to send it over, I couldn't believe you couldn't get it here.

It's a wonderful invention that lets you stick stuff onto wall, sellotape is crap coz when you pull it off the wall you end up tearing some paint or wallpaper off, blu-tak wont.

fantastic stuff, I remember eating a ball of it was a kid for a dare, i did and i won a mars bar, good times. I was sick as a dog but i had a yummy mars bar the next day

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]


I've a friend who works for a gas company and said that the americans are prob the best bet, because they'll pay more for the license and they've the most experiences, but as you've seen I'd be nervous of an american company.

Whatever happens, I hope it creates a ton of jobs and will make energy cheaper

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]


g'man thanks


That moron, sure he's only full of hot air....anyway, you still haven't made any suggestions, you've only criticised what I've been saying, hardly constructive.

Would norway be a good option, or would you suggest the ruskies or the germans, or would poland be able to do it all without outside help?

Probably not since they're already sold drilling rights to an american company and i;ve been told that some german companies are sniffing around too

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]


Sure PDVSA takes it's orders from Washington

Ok, Shell are Dutch, my bad there

But Total are Americans, aren't they?
Sure,if I'm wrong i'm wrong I can take it on the chin.

But still think the norwegians are the way to go for Poland.
Who would you get to run it?

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]

miow!

What I said was it'd be better to have the norwegians involved, as they are better experienced and would follow reinvestment plans to improve the efficacy of the drilling/finding/production etc. while also having a better regard for the environment.

The americans would have absolutely no regard for any of these things, look at their record in venezuela, nigeria & iraq.

however, I have absolutely no doubt that the politicans will take on the highest bidder and go for the quick buck rather than doing what is best for the country in the longer-term

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]


Possibly but would you rather have (experienced) Norwegian partners who would actually reinvest it into other drills/wells etc or just yanks who'd just take the gas and the profits out of Poland & Europe

Norway have a really good record with energy, when they were at the peak of their oil production they were reinvesting 25% of everything back into the industry

News / POLISH GAS RESERVES [40]

From what I've read on the subject they estimate that if they find all the gas they predict to find they'll increase Europe's gas by 45%

That's massive.

ATM Poland consumes 14billion cubic litres of gas, but they may be able to produce 1.4 trillion litres.

Poland's been wasting it's time with coal and shoulda been drilling for gas a long time ago.

Just whatever happens pray to whatever kinda god you believe in and dont do what the irish govt. did and give all the rights to Shell, they'll cut every possible corner and if you look at Shell's record in Nigeria it doesn't make for happy reading.

Best bet, IMO would be to try and get the Norwegian invovled but try and keep most of the money in Poland

News / Poland needs four children per family for sustain survivor and development [46]


one word, potential so I'll believe it when I see it


Just because you read one issue of National Geographic doesn't mean you know how to solve the world's hunger problems.

If you'd actually do some proper reasearch you'll find that what's needed is to bring down birth-rates in developing countries so that they have better sustainable populations like countries of Europe.


Dont get those f*ckers involved. The roman church is losing numbers everyday, thankfully, how anyone can trust a religion thats run by a former nazi is beyond my belief. Although, seeing form


's
post that might just be your style.

News / Poland needs four children per family for sustain survivor and development [46]


ladies and gentlemen we have the 21st century John Maynard Keynes meets Adam Smith meets Karl Marx all rolled into one.

Please go and write a book Crow, i wont buy it though, i'll download it from a torrent site.

By your logic then places like India, Brazil, Russia & Nigeria (countries where the birth-rate has increased recently) are the hubs of world economy.
HA!

Love / What do Polish guys think of Irish girls? [187]


I dont think so she was with some posh guy, they're supposed to be like the Becks & Posh of Ireland, search her name on the Sunday Independent website, it's a crap sunday paper that loves B & C list Irish celebrities


:-D good one! maybe the model agency she works for will have some work for you
assetsmodels.com/home


NOw now we all know that you'd love to have your wicked way with Colin Farrell and Pierce Brosnan :-P

Love / What do Polish guys think of Irish girls? [187]


I worked in a pub where she used to drink, when you meet her up close she's like a bag of lego...she's in bits

great lookin in photos but rotten face-to-face
anyway she only won miss world coz of her auld fella, chris de burgh

Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]


For real?
That's crazy, she shouda been turfed out and made to move back with her folks or an auntie or cousin or whatever, but if it was my place then there's no way I'd let her stay and I'd make sure that my lawyers got the same result in court too

Love / 'Battered husbands' - still a taboo subject in Poland [387]


...so it's ok for women to have to put up with it, is that what you're saying?
Jeez!


So what would you do? Hit back?
Go to cops get a court order, get a divorce and bam, you get the kids, and the money and she's outta the house on her ass

Travel / Which train in Poland am I less likely to get shanked on? [30]

I've never felt unsafe on a polish train, then again, I cut my hair very short and, I've been told, I look like an angry f*cker so people tend to leave me alone.

so if you fell unsafe shave your hair off, coz nobody wan't to mess with a hardass, or at least one that looks like a hardass

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


Yea well my civilisation were building burial grounds that still survive to this day too...so what?

anyway, if you've actually been to Egypt then you'll know that it's a tacky dump, what amazes me even more is that in recent years the only people goin there are from central and eastern europe, everyone else has realised its a sh1thole.

anyway we're gettin off point here.

I've though of another one, the cheese here is pretty bad, 'cept for the one that you use in pierogi, that one is nice, but there's a real bad choice you can have rubber guada or plastic emmantal, where's the cheddar, or the blue cheese, if I'd a farm I'd be gettin my cheese on and selling it around poland coz the cheese in supermarkets sucks ass

UK, Ireland / Irish leaving Ireland again. Economy forcing them to immigrate [39]

yahoo, I'll have some paddy friends to go drinkin with & watch GAA and Eircom League in Katowice, oh no wait, the Irish pub here closed coz some clown ran it into the ground.

Maybe another will come and open one??

huh? huh? tempting,
it's not like other Polish cities, if you're a foreigner here you're exotic, it's mad, i'm a paddy yet i'm exotic, theres a feckin juxtaposition for yez

Life / What would YOU do to make life in poland better?? [72]


I know, I couldn't believe it when we got a bill for water, I mean how can they legalise putting a cost on something that falls from the sky, weird, then again it I'm from a place where it can rain for up to 255 days in the year so it's only right that it should be free


err....*awkward silence*...emm no, only ones that demand respect instead of earning it, oh and the ultra-religious one :-)

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


you have to pay to join naza klasa? :-P

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


it's called having new experiences :-)
you've never tried chinese, or indian, hungarian, mexican food?
really?
i dont belive you ;-P

i'm a big fan of polish food but i find that it's not very spicy, so it's good to have some indian from time to time or a good spicy pizza or some mexican, although i usually make my mexican coz the 2 mexicans where i live aren't awesome they're ok but not great.

Anyway to get away from cooking for a moment,
I'd say a few things in an earlier post.

Nazs Klasa was a culture shock for me, what a pile of crap, all it is is photos of people's kids or weddings or their trips to tasteless places like egypt!

Life / What would YOU do to make life in poland better?? [72]


Yea, I'm with ya there, smelly f*ckers on buses and trams is horrible and it's usually older people, don't they know that they smell?

introduce free soap

History / What was the culture of Poland prior to the advent of Catholicism? [17]


sorry, that's germanic

Life / What would YOU do to make life in poland better?? [72]


Would be better if they'd just play bingo or go to dances rather than be brainwashed by that gobshite, but yea you're right, they'll die off and then it'll hopefully disappear

Life / What would YOU do to make life in poland better?? [72]


now, that's a bit unfair,
I love it and i know other ex-pats that have made a life here and would never dream of moving home

Better roads and public transport are needed and quickly, the Euros aren't far away.
The place could do with a lick of paint, there are far too many building in the country that have turned black from weather damage, if they were painted again or power washed it'd restore some pride especially in the industrial cities like Katowice, Lodz etc. There are many many beautiful building around but they look terrible because of the damage.

I believe that Poland should stay out of the euro zone too as it'll keep things cheaper and encourage exports and investment.

Topless beaches :-)
Banning Radio Maria
Better tv shows, waaaay too much american crap on tv, like CSI, House etc.

However saying all this I think that EU has realised the potential in Poland, a big country with massive amounts of natural resources and a hard-working workforce with a high level of education, i just hope that people continue to vote for the more economically liberal minded parties than the conservative ones. But y'know patience is needed and the politicians/bankers etc should be kept an eye on so that their greed doesn't get in the way of the country's prosperity, like it did in Ireland.

Life / What are the things which cause culture shock in Poland? [164]


haha, you know what i mean


sori, i didn't mean to cause offence :P


please put this guy on stage he's crackin me up! :-)


Cant wait to try this out on saturday night!