Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

im moving there as my wife wants to go home i intend to do celta course
also work here in ireland is scarce

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

thanks for the advice and correction on my orginal thread
i intend to complete the CELTA course
i need as much advice as i can get if anyone can help

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

Thanks wedle
I have bout 15,000zl there in savings and have been offer a job with teaching school in zory, they will help me teaching skills and i will get paid for and private lessons i conduct and for filling in as replacement teacher hopefully by june they will offer me a contract for next september and i have an interview arranged for a school in Katowice.

I know its not much but i think its a start

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

contrary to the views expressed here let me set the record straight
im married 2 years yes we have a baby
as for some saying my wife came here looking for a husband total b.s.
also no pressure has been applied to move
im in no doubt it will be tough as everyone knows ireland is on its knees and i dont want to be on the dole

we have place to stay rent free major bonus
and i have a good relationship with my inlaws thankfully
also my father in law knows the guy who runs the school and this guy seems genuine my father inlaw is a cop so i would trust his word

my wife worked as a social worker and wants to return to her profession

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

thanks wroclaw,
I know it will be tough, but i'd sooner take a chance with that then be stuck here in ireland on the dole i don't want my kid to see me as a lay about taking from the state

i know i have to be cautious about this move given the fact i'll have no back up but i believe with hard work i may get by

To all many thanks for your comments to my thread and please feel free to comment further.
I know such a move to some may seem insane even stupid, none the less it is better to take this chance rather then stay here struggling.

True my savings are limited but i'm sure we will survive.
Again many thanks and merry christmas to all

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

I want to thank everyone for their comments good and bad both sides expressing views which i take on board.
I will still be going after christmas as looking at things here I will take a chance on poland, I have nothing to lose as I have nothing here.

Many thanks again to you all.
Please continue to comment.

Happy Christmas to you all.

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

irishguy
thanks that would be great

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

hey Delph, Thanks for your comments I take onboard what everyone says, I would never be the type of person to preach what is right and what is not.

Work / Moving and working in PL as a teacher (near Zory/Katowice) [53]

Wedle
i know cops corrupt as ****, thats well known

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

Firstly Im not narrow minded nor stupid, I simply expressing a view of what I have found.
Of course it is different for everyone, Im simply expressing a view from my experiences.

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

Like Irish guy has said, for me i have found country people more welcoming.
Warsaw for me was the worst people are so rude, same in ireland if your from outside dublin your from the stixs

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

Delph thats an excellent point, there are cowboys everywhere if i need a shed ill build it myself :-)

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

we call them cowboys here

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

Its mad though, i have seen polish crews working in ireland and they put their irish counterparts to shame

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

I worked in jobs where blind eye was turned to having the odd beer, totally wrong in my view on so many grounds.
the days of getting smashed on the job are a thing of the past and rightly so

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

drinking on the job is a no no and rightly so in my view purely on health and safety ground not to mention the imagine it sends out

I can do most things jack of all trades master of none, as for the english its a start for now.
I have completed courses from marketing, history, legal studies by that i mean industrial law as I was a union offical for a company i worked for.

My longest employment was with irish rail where i was a train driver, that is what i loved best.
English teaching would not be my ideal option on the postive side I get on well with people and they seem to like what i have to say and i feel while my experience is limited, Im the type of person who wants to learn more its good for the mind to have a project on the go.

I have to start somewhere my grasp of polish is limited with time this will improve.
The decision to move to poland is a mutal decision we made as dont get me wrong im proud of where im from but pride dont pay the bills and the fact i have a chance at a new career i dont see anything wrong with trying to improve ones situation

Life / Does Polish society accept new people especially those not from Poland [41]

ok folks id like to wish you all a happy christmas and a peaceful new year

Merged: I'm here 2 months on going ok

I had previously posted here about moving to poland, and news so far is its going ok.
I wont say its easy by any means and have found within the english teaching game so many cowboys.
I haven't been divorced yet and when we moved here I laid down ground rules with regard to who is involved in the upbringing of our child to my suprise with the full backing off my wife, I wont say it was taken well by the inlaws but least clear lines were drawn from day one.

Law / Poland has too much redtape [14]

thanks for the correction on that still i like it here people on the whole are ok i guess same as everywhere.
I was told all this redtape is one of the left overs of the comunist era.
I thought ireland was bad but this place takes the biscuit but on the whole I hope this was good move for me and my family

Law / Poland has too much redtape [14]

lovely country except for the redtape and langers running it