PolishForums LIVE  /  Archives [3]    
   
Posts by jon357  

Joined: 15 Mar 2012 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 12 Aug 2025
Threads: Total: 73 / In This Archive: 51
Posts: Total: 24822 / In This Archive: 10045 		From: In the Heart of Darkness
Speaks Polish?: Tak

Displayed posts: 10096 / page 57 of 337
sort: Latest first   Oldest first   |
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

Narodowiec and nationalist

Neither are an entirely positive thing, rather like the in Ukraine. One is in fact destructive.

A capacity to get past old injustices and to reconcile and make peace are a sign of patriotism and magnanimity. Few nations would wish to be seen as being defined by bearing historical grudges.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

That's a great idea, however English is the thing now. Polish lessons would help in the studenty jobs market, however most of those sponsored by their home country get an adequate per diem that takes care of day to day needs. The ones who chase work tend to be the self-funding students. There's actually more and more work available however as for students everywhere, there's never quite enough and working in restaurant kitchens etc rarely pays well.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

but it has no place here.

Remember that Poland has always had a diverse set of viewpoints and attitudes to politics and culture (as has Ukraine, though the countries have faced a different set of challenges). Poland of course has a centuries old liberal tradition, something that Ukraine never had the chance to develop.

Is your idea of nationalism somewhat different to mine?

Nationalism, whether Polish, Ukrainian, British, Chinese etc is often the diametric opposite of patriotism.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

A select few

At first there were pioneers, now you'llfind the number is increasing.

Genuine students are a distinct minority

Quite a few African and Middle Eastern students, all postgraduate or studying medicine, are sponsored by their governments and don't have visa issues - their embassy sorts it out for them. That's actually part of my job - we have a lot of cost v. quality constraints and I'm hoping to send a tranche to Poland since the quality is higher than, say, Ukraine and it is a much safer country.

Indian students in Poland never find work at all during their sta

You'll find that's changing rapidly right now. Mostly studenty type jobs, fine for students.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

others here

The internet does tend to attract them.

yor libtard homeland

As I recall, we're from the same country.

Nationalism is a multidimensional social construction reflected in the communal identification with one's nation.

That whole paragraph is a cut and paste from Wikipedia.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

Few Indians have any interest in settling in Poland

Yes, Most are either entrepreneurs who have business here or are specialists. More and more students come however there are often visa issues. Most foreign students not on Erasmus or doing a doctorate or with pre-existing connections with Poland come from places where there's a specific agreement and funding in place at ministry level - more and more countries are doing this.

Re. work, there's more and more, however as with a lot of student work, most of it is transient and not well paid.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

less than four thousand Indians in the whole country, about a third of which are students,

I'm not sure how that statement is relevant to the OP's very specific question.

He would do well to check out the fora and boards run by the Indian community in Warsaw.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

That is a value judgment. He asked a question about the local area. He didn't ask for an opinion of the institution, not of the advice of any consultant.

His future plans for settling in Poland or elsewhere are entirely his affair. He didn't ask for advice on this.

As I said, he would do well to make contact with the Indian community in Warsaw (they have fora and message boards) where he is more likely to find an answer to the question he asked.

I wish him luck for his stay in Poland and any further travels.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

nationalists were among

Unfortunately there are nationalists in Poland too. People vote on so many criteria, and most Ukrainian citizens didn't vote for nationalist extremists.

I'm not aligned with Młodzież Wszechpolska

Very good; it is a toxic thing.

You have however tried to praise them without answering the very simple question, namely, what they've done to promote positive reconciliation and forgiveness in this matter, and how they're working to promote good relations and friendship between the two countries.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Work / Studies In Poland, is it easy to survive on part-time jobs? [259]

About actually asked about the locality rather than the institution. I'm sure he has sufficient critical thinking skills to evaluate the institution without necessarily deciding to rely on (very) third party input from someone who has no direct experience of it, and without cut and pasted phrases.

Perhaps he would do well to Google the Indian community in Warsaw. They have a good forum and message board which has contributors who are currently studying there.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

That is inhabited by the people who chose their government

Very few people truly choose their government

Since the thread title mentions ' Młodzież Wszechpolska, perhaps, @Dudar, you can tell us what they've done to promote positive reconciliation and forgiveness in this matter, and how they're working to promote good relations and friendship between the two countries.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

Ukraine

Is a geographical area. There's a wide range of differing opinions there about the past and about Poland's role in their national history.

And you will never change the cold hard fact that a national hero in one country may be hated in another. Ask Ukrainians in Volhynia and Polesie about Pilsudzki.

I believe the biggest part of Poles is not indifferent to it.

Only a few dwell on past wrongs, and those who do should pull themselves together and move on. Worth reading up on forgiveness - I can recommend you a very good book by a Polish writer. The guy's name was Lolek Wojtyla.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Life / Costs of doctor and students life in Warsaw? [7]

First of all, when media are included, they often do not include internet/TV/phone.

Not everyone uses cable tv, and landlines are vanishing now - I haven't had one for a decade. I also suspect that the OP knows what is included and what isn't.

You had better learn how to shop wisely and cook using locally available ingredients.

Don't all students have to do that, and plenty of working people too?

beef, seafood and fruits and vegetables out of season

A tray of frozen seafood, two euros at Biedronka.
jon357   
12 Jul 2017
Life / HIV/AIDS growing in Poland - more fear of pregnancy than STDs [82]

failed to collect the data which is criminally neglectful or they have the data and don't want to share it.

I suspect a bit of both.

infected 50+ women

It was fewer than that, and the women in question were aware of his hiv status. Btw, he wasn't a 'refugee'.
jon357   
11 Jul 2017
Life / HIV/AIDS growing in Poland - more fear of pregnancy than STDs [82]

when freddy mecury got sick.

Yes, and Henry Mancini, Rudolph Nureyev, Rock Hudson, Isaac Asimov, Princess Margaret, Bruce Chatwin, Anthony Perkins, so many good and talented people.

Those who take the meds do feel like crap sometimes, though they're healthy and the meds are improving all the time.
jon357   
11 Jul 2017
Life / HIV/AIDS growing in Poland - more fear of pregnancy than STDs [82]

the feather, wig and half-an-inch of makeup on the face of someone who looks like a woodcutter or ditch-digger

Remember I've met your missus

chance of catching hiv

Zero if the person is receiving modern medical treatment which results in an undetectable viral load.
jon357   
11 Jul 2017
News / Poland - Ukraine. Młodzież Wszechpolska against Ukrainians. [180]

but I'm not saying that Ukraine doesn't have a diversity of opinion.

As does Poland.

In both countries, most people don't harp on about events 70 years ago. Most look to the present and the future. Relations between both countries are good.
jon357   
11 Jul 2017
Life / HIV/AIDS growing in Poland - more fear of pregnancy than STDs [82]

Homos are considered ill in Poland

Nope

THERES NO HOMOPHOBIA. Something like that doesn't exist.

Again a resounding no

TRANSGENDER FEMALES ARE 49 (FORTY-NINE) TIMES more likely to have AIDS.

Poles are many many times more likely to have hiv than Eskimos. Perhaps they should be banned from entering Greenland.