leboulanger
2 Dec 2015
Study / Thinking about completing my studies in Poland, perhaps for a permanent stay. [CANADA/M/17] [3]
Hey!
I'm a teenager currently living in Quebec, Canada. If you don't know what that is, it's the French speaking, whiny (does that make me half Polish?) and infamous part of Canada. Life is pretty good here, can't complain. Finished high school last year, right now studying Industrial Design in a technical school. Lasts three years, after that, I can either go directly in the job market, or at University.
About 10 months ago, I started taking interest in Poland. It really started to fascinate me for just about everything : it's rich history, cryptic language, traditional culture and so many more things (special bonus for amazing women and great alcohol culture). I've always had the wild thought of moving out of the country for more advanced studies, and Poland started to become a really attractive place to go study at. A few months later, I wanted to have some contact with the Polish people, and signed up on some penpal website. Eventually, I became good friends with this girl from Poland. Was around May, since then we've become extremely close.
Booking a trip with her right now for a month in Poland this summer, and I absolutely can't wait!
So that's my situation. I'd really love to complete my studies at University there and get a degree, and if things go right, perhaps stay there for the rest of my life. I just have some general questions about it, and also would like to hear your opinion about the whole thing.
1. Is Poland a good country to study in overall for academic outlooks? Will a degree from there, providing I come back to Canada, be worth much?
2. If I stayed in Poland, would skills like being completely fluent in French and English, help for anything in terms of a job search in general? And how bad would an inferior level of fluency in Polish impact me?
3. How easy is it to sustain yourself as a student there? I have some 15-20 thousand dollars saved for University, but a lot of it would go towards tuition, and I can't hope living from only that money in Poland for three years.
4. Except that Canada has higher standards of living, are there any reasons you can cite as for why I should not stay in Poland after university if I manage to land a land a job there?
5. What are some reasons to convinve me to stay there that I wouldn't think about?
6. How are the outlooks for entrepreneurship?
That's all for now, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask! Thanks in advance for replies!
Hey!
I'm a teenager currently living in Quebec, Canada. If you don't know what that is, it's the French speaking, whiny (does that make me half Polish?) and infamous part of Canada. Life is pretty good here, can't complain. Finished high school last year, right now studying Industrial Design in a technical school. Lasts three years, after that, I can either go directly in the job market, or at University.
About 10 months ago, I started taking interest in Poland. It really started to fascinate me for just about everything : it's rich history, cryptic language, traditional culture and so many more things (special bonus for amazing women and great alcohol culture). I've always had the wild thought of moving out of the country for more advanced studies, and Poland started to become a really attractive place to go study at. A few months later, I wanted to have some contact with the Polish people, and signed up on some penpal website. Eventually, I became good friends with this girl from Poland. Was around May, since then we've become extremely close.
Booking a trip with her right now for a month in Poland this summer, and I absolutely can't wait!
So that's my situation. I'd really love to complete my studies at University there and get a degree, and if things go right, perhaps stay there for the rest of my life. I just have some general questions about it, and also would like to hear your opinion about the whole thing.
1. Is Poland a good country to study in overall for academic outlooks? Will a degree from there, providing I come back to Canada, be worth much?
2. If I stayed in Poland, would skills like being completely fluent in French and English, help for anything in terms of a job search in general? And how bad would an inferior level of fluency in Polish impact me?
3. How easy is it to sustain yourself as a student there? I have some 15-20 thousand dollars saved for University, but a lot of it would go towards tuition, and I can't hope living from only that money in Poland for three years.
4. Except that Canada has higher standards of living, are there any reasons you can cite as for why I should not stay in Poland after university if I manage to land a land a job there?
5. What are some reasons to convinve me to stay there that I wouldn't think about?
6. How are the outlooks for entrepreneurship?
That's all for now, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask! Thanks in advance for replies!