Travel / Eating out - where to have my first Polish meal in Warsaw? [10]

Hey:)
Have a look at the prices: 1GBP-5zl 1USD- 3zl

a dinner in a bar/ restaurant 25-45 zl
a bottle of beer- 3 zl (shop), 7-10zl (bar)
a travel card (3days) 28 zl
a cinema ticket 25-30 zl
a book 25-40zl
a ticket to the National Museum 15zl (free on Tuesdays)
a pair of trousers 120-140pln (H&M, Orsay etc)

Perfumes are more expensive than in Paris or in London :/ Hope it helps, if you need more info let me know.

Language / Hejka / Nara - a trendy youth greeting in Poland? [26]

I'm in my late twenties and I say' hej' 'czesc' 'siema' . My friends who are in their 20s, 30s and 40s also use 'hej', so does my mum who is 60 and even my grandma:) It's a very versatile informal way to say hi to someone you know. ' Hejka is not cool because noone uses it :) Professor Miodek is usually 10 years behind in regards to slang/colloquial expressions:) He's a language purist, so his advice is great when you're writing a novel, not so much when you want to learn which colloquial expressions are in:)

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

Ok haters:)

I'm Polish.
I live and work in England.
I have a BA, MA and a Qualified Teacher Status.
I speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, Norwegian, Polish and English.
I was headhunted and offered the job because they couldn't find a suitably qualified British teacher. Those I've met hardly speak one foreign language, I don't know anyone who speaks two.

So everyone, sorry for taking your job :D

P.S. I'm learning German:)

Love / How i can make a relationship with a Polish girl? [20]

She waited and waited and waited. You promised her something and you broke the promise. Why does it surprise you?

One more thing: we're not nice, we're independent and rebelious:) Japanese girls are nice, so nice it makes everyone sick, so maybe give it a go?

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

Hi Pawian, I teach Spanish and French in an Academy (secondary) and organise special provision as well, mainly behaviour intervention and curriculum development.

If you want to teach in a primary/ secondary school you will need a QTS ( Qualified Teacher Status). What do you teach in Poland? There are different requirements for different subjects. EFL and English are entirely different.

Of course they are angry.


No that's YOUR job :D

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

Hi teflcat.

It's a programme designed to improve behaviour of kids with EBD (emotional and behavioural difficulties). It covers internal exclusion, external exclusion and working with PRU. I'm a troublemaker myself so we get on really well:) It's great fun:)

What was it like at your school?

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

Isthatu, I've worked both in a mainstream secondary school and and in an academy, I haven't seen a one unqualified teacher so far, but I've only been in the UK for two years now so I'm not an expert. I'd say you need to doubleprove yourself when you work at any academy because they only sign one-year contracts. If you don't deliver, adios! My academy offers private healthcare, gym membership, relocation package, extensive CPD training and we are on MPS which is not anway the case. This is a majoral academy and there's a lot of money involved, so maybe I'm just lucky? The behaviour was challenging at first, but that's sorted now ( well, at least in my classroom :D).

Oh I hate religion, I work for London Academy Enterprise:)

Do you work is education as well Isthatu?

Work / Finding work in Warsaw / Poland as an English private tutor [63]

Hey, I suggest you advertise online on korepetycje.pl or google 'korepetycje' and advertise on one of many websites (korepetycje=tuition).

Polish EFL teachers ask for 50zl per hour on average in Warsaw. I believe that a native can ask for 50-60. I'm not sure if you can teach in a mainstream school if you don't have a degree, but check private FE colleges and interestingly some private HE institutions. They may need someone to teach listening or speaking skills. Also you may check language shools, but they tend to pay **** money. And there's always an option to try a British school, they may need a TA or a learning mentor?

I've been told that a salary is not great when you work as a primary/secondary teacher so maybe focus on tuition first? If you work 20 hours a week 50 zl per hour you get 4k a month:)

I recommend Warsaw, I used to live there and really liked it, it's a busy city as well.

Let me know if you have any questions:)

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


I was only 20 then, so I'm not sure :) But seriously, I understand your frustration guys, I'm very very much against people who emigrate and then don't respect the county they are in. However, please, please, please don't generalise. There are a lot of Polish people who are very grateful and happy to be able to work here and who want to contribute, integrate and support this country and who love it and call it home. I have a picture of Team GB on my timeline, so you can see for yourself:))

Isthatu, you may want to read a book called 'The gift of dyslexia'. If anyone criticises you because of dyslexia tell them to f***k off. Benjamin Zephaniah is dyslexic and yet he's one of the most amazing poets I've ever read.


I think some people feel nobilitated when they can call themselves 'sponsors' ( school sponsors:), so they open academies like mad.


Burn it down !:)

UK, Ireland / To the polish boy - we met in Kent [12]

She said there were two guys haha:)