Work / English qualifications to start Teaching English In Poland. Is degree of some sort needed? [123]

Might be a silly question for you, but would you be able to do the CELTA somewhere locally, maybe part time?

Work / English qualifications to start Teaching English In Poland. Is degree of some sort needed? [123]

that sounds really odd and fly by night kind of operation.
I mean of course I have been asked to give demo lessons, but only one, and only as part of the interview process.

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

that doesn't make sense....
how can a birth rate 'uniquely' come from the immigrant population?
how do you know? Is there a link?
God i hate sloppy arguments.
why should we care anyway?
tbh those immigrants are doing France a favour...;)

News / 1.3% birth rate = Poland's slow death [221]

ya, woman should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen.

(lol imagine that said in a strong Afrikaans accent, i swear it's a genuine quote)

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

I was talking about language students.....and their contribution to the economy of the city.

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


so true,look at Brighton, it's a 'win win' situation

Travel / Traveling around Poland - our photo stories with very personal commentary [225]

pawian: Hey, how do you call this hobby of having photos of yourself taken in incredibly high places?

it is called 'the mile high club' Pawian...:)

Language / GCSE Polish experience. [51]


English was a Germanic language before the Norman invasion FYI and is closest to Friesian, with French words added later,
was that comment just a wind up or what?

I took a look at that Polish GSCE, bit of joke putting Polish kids in for it to raise the school's results rreally.

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


Jesus wasn't a racist

Language / "Taka prawda" - What does this Polish phrase mean? [19]

I have heard 'tak no prawda' too...i thought it meant something like...yeh well, true..?

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


possibly - plus Tony Benn perhaps

Language / Polish Native speakers: Should I attempt the correct endings or just use the nominative form? [12]

just say...
daime herbata
why make things complicated..;)

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]


interesting point, but what your list has in common, is that all these were from the elite of their countries, and held the 'top job'.

so I don't think they are comparable with Godson.

Life / Poland needs more immigrants and their children - which nationalities are the best? [518]

FGS if this Godson character was no good, he wouldn't be where he is today.

Life / Why are Poles in other countries called "Plastic Poles"? [168]

this term is used a lot in the UK to refer to those English of Irish descent who make a big deal of their 'Irishness', e.g. 'Plastic Paddy',

kind of a double whammy of offensiveness....

History / Poles organized the first strike in US in 1619 [72]


oh here as well, pawian,that's what I meant about mainstream history books.
I too can only recall Wat Tyler from school, the rest I have learnt about since....
good stuff!

History / Poles organized the first strike in US in 1619 [72]

is that right? Pawian your knowledge of British history astounds me.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diggers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levellers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cade
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

it might have been more accurate to state...
Wat Tyler is the only insurgent to have made it into mainstream books on British history.

UK, Ireland / Crap parenting in our UK youth today (in Poland it's a little better) [52]

so tell us, oh great childless one, the difference between
the 'clip round the ear' that you previously recommended,
and 'hit round the head'?

UK, Ireland / Crap parenting in our UK youth today (in Poland it's a little better) [52]


OMG that reminds me of Fred West

UK, Ireland / Crap parenting in our UK youth today (in Poland it's a little better) [52]

also the language of it is all wrong.
a 'clip' round the ear
a 'smack'on the bum
in adult life that would be a prosecutable (is there such a word?) offence
why not just say 'hit'?
an adult man hitting a small child round the head in temper isn't really on, is it?

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

haha oh really?
I thought they did that to everyone....
I drove down into England the other week, and literally as soon as I crossed the bridge it started.....(there's a certain level of courtesy in Wales)

like, there I am, in the fast lane, merrily breaking the speed limit, having a great time, unable to go any faster due to the traffic ahead,and some twollox starts tailgating and flashing,

well after a few miles i get bored of it, and switch lanes, and the guy drives by, somehow....doing a slow hand clap.....lol.

but as for comments like
*Do you even know why you should use a winter tire?*
oooooh no, of course ai don't, excuse me while ai paint mai nails
....FFS
but the best moments are at the garage.....like...ooohhh (sharp intake of breath through pursed lips) that'll be at least £500 quid LOVE, that's the one that really makes my blood boil.

Does it cost more or less the same to run a car year round in Poland as here?

Life / Let`s compare prices of services and products in Poland [359]

oh WB women that drive are quite used to it....

UK, Ireland / Crap parenting in our UK youth today (in Poland it's a little better) [52]

my point is that it is most often people with no children who are the 'experts' and the most critical.
Do you have your own children WP? Let me guess......no.
Oh and by the way it is illegal to 'give a child a good smack'.
Why do you use the word 'smack' and not 'hit'?
Anyway Pip is right, it's about good attention.

UK, Ireland / Crap parenting in our UK youth today (in Poland it's a little better) [52]

it's all very well, but as a parent, you will get slagged by someone for either not telling them off/telling them off too much/telling them off in the wrong way/whatever,

and suddenly you are public property where everyone under the sun feels they can tell you what's what,most often people who do not have their own children.

It's a tricky one.
My Polish ex told me that my problem with my kids was that 'I did not beat them enough'. I pointed out that it was illegal apart from anything else and parents have social services round at the drop of a hat, his rather predictable answer was that being beaten to a pulp by his mad violent dad 'had never done him any harm', (as he reached for the bottle).....

So unless someone has the experience of being responsible for children, their upkeep and behaviour 24/7 over many years, then,please,no comment is necessary.

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


that's fine, I have no problem with it, as you might know from my usual posts.
it's the endless stream of spiteful comments (from some people) we could do without.

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

it's posh alright^^
OMG jaywick..tumbleweed and banjos..lol

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

I wonder how soon we will all be randomised.........;)
OMG Magda I was in your town once!
what a place.....
imagine if a visitor went either to your place or to Jaywick....
they could have vastly different impressions of the country, and would report home accordingly...

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


lol Magda, do you live 'inside the gates'?
how can Essex be all 'new money' when Colchester is the oldest recorded town in england?
some people base their judgement of Essex on solely on TOWIE.
what's this thread about anyway *confused*

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

^^exactly^^

UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]


oh really?


have to agree with you here hh much as that irks me
this kind of thing really pisses me off,


well obviously nor can the Polish, can they?