News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [354]


Remember I-S that as far as Poland is concerned, the EU is an "us" rather than a "them" unless Poland chooses a Polexit which they cannot afford to do.

Law / Succession/inheritance in Poland [2]


I'd say that you really do need a lawyer for this, and it should be one you can trust and who has experience in this field.

Perhaps contact the Swedish Embassy in Warsaw who will certainly have a list of reliable lawyers.

News / Pawel Adamowicz, Gdansk mayor, dies after stabbing [354]


He's not my favourite politician either however he does have integrity and ability

In speeches and statements I've seen him playing the hard guy. I suspect that's just for the optics and in reality he's more thoughtful and decent.


Many many things. There's a lot to worry about in the world right now.

I suspect we'll see them concentrating on South America sooner or later.and for sure they'll be nice to Canada and certain west African countries l.

Law / Lost without my daughter - father rights in Poland [32]


I think he certainly wants to grab something. Unfortunately for him, from his point of view, all he'll get are gerontophiles unless he pays hard cash.

His days doing it and pretending not to be "bi-curious" are far in the past.


Nor would I, however in his case, I've never seen a clearer case of suppressed desire externalising itself as obsession. He gets off on writing the words even.

Totally transparent.

Law / Lost without my daughter - father rights in Poland [32]

There you go again.

Obsessed.

You've left it too late to fulfill your secret lusts.

Law / Lost without my daughter - father rights in Poland [32]

Everyone is normal, and you whine like a little pussy.

And yes, you're obsessed with the subject. You probably wish you'd done more of it years ago.

You're the only person who raised the subject in this thread, just as you raise it in pretty well every thread. Take your hands out of your trousers, get some fresh air and focus what's left of your mind on other topics.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


No. The opposite in some ways; any final grade must be calculated in a way that reflects the different strengths of the learner and the inherent limitations of formal assessment.


As far as I know it's being done now for 2024. I'm not sure what the metrics are however they are doubtless carefully thought through. Usually they look at curricula and assessment..

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


That's my point.

Since assessment (other than in very practical subjects) is inherently artificial, the range of methods should be as broad as possibly in order to accurately reflect attainment in the subject.


Yes. This is incorporated in the next iteration of PISA rankings which are expected to have some countries fall dramatically and others to rise in the rankings.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


There's a case for that however since different people respond to assessment in different ways (and after all, both exams and coursework are far from 'real') it's important that the final grade for the subject is an aggregate of the two.

Some students are useless at exams and great at coursework, others are the opposite.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


Yes. What works in one place doesn't necessarily work in another. That applies at the micro level too since kids learn at different levels.

There are also sadly different outcomes between the types of community, affluent suburbs v rough estates, urban v rural etc. a national curriculum should never be a one size fits all approach.


Yes again.

The PISA rankings have changed their metrics quite radically for the next lot of stats and include critical thinking as well as a few other big changes.. Many in Poland will be unhappy when the next lot are out since they are expected to fall a few places.

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


To age 11? Surely you mean secondary school.

That list is a long one, definitely into B2 level.

Law / Lost without my daughter - father rights in Poland [32]

That comment is just so lower middle class suburban.

People do all sorts behind the bedroom door. There's no reason it needs to be with the person who cooks their dinner (who might well have their own cinq à sept going on).

Further details are irrelevant.

You do seem to have a real obsession with homosexuality; you mention it alt least daily.

Law / Lost without my daughter - father rights in Poland [32]


Family structures change fast in societies.

There's France where you can do all the family stuff, do all the sex outside marriage and nobody really cares; they just enjoy both.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]


This one's on the tip of my tongue. I used to know and it's gone from my mind.

Edit, is it t( form of the word król? I forget which way round it is but it's an exception. Krolów or Kroli? Probably Kroli because Krolów sounds right and I've an idea thatit isn't in this case.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

@johnny reb
Your quote actually comes from a news article rather than the talk he gave.

He talked about the army being brought up to strength to avoid such a thing. He also talked about the value of the TA since he opposes conscription.

Travel / Poland in photo riddles - part 3 [818]

Konrad?

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


He didn't though.

It's all covered in the posts above. If you've not read them yet, they're worth a look since they cover the talk he gave.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Largely yes, that and being ennobled.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


A fascinating guy.


So therefore an actual noble rather just szlachta.


After all, he was a very big name in the Paris diaspora.


An optimistic man.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

No., There's no question about doing anything so foolish, and the thought that someone in his position would even toy with such an idea is risible.

He was talking at an armoured vehicles trade show attended largely by other army bods about his vision for expanding the TA and his frustration at regular army recruitment being outsourced to a for-profit organisation.

The news report you read was lifted from a newspaper popular with elderly former army officers who like the lack of gun crime in our society and don't favour a weakening of firearms laws either. If anything, they favour far stronger gaol sentences for possessing such things.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

Presumably they're printing it now. I read the app.

The exact paragraph is:
" The Army chief, who would not support conscription, said: "Our predecessors of course failed to perceive the implications of the so-called July crisis in 1914, and stumbled into the most ghastly of wars.

"We can't afford to make the same mistake today. Ukraine really matters.."

The key part of the article was:

Sir Patrick suggested Britain should "train and equip" a "citizen Army" to ready the country for a potential land war and urged the Government to be "clear-eyed" about Russia, which he said was spending nearly 40 per cent of public expenditure on defence.

.....

Speaking at the International Armoured Vehicles conference in Twickenham on Wednesday, Sir Patrick said: "Ukraine brutally illustrates that regular armies start wars, citizen armies win them."

Life / Jerzy Kosinski: Are his works popular in Poland? [48]

Kosinski remind me in some ways of this guy. There are differences of course, but similarities too.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragments:_Memories_of_a_Wartime_Childhood

It was this guy I was thinking of rather than Kosinski when I mentioned the appalling 'Laura Grabowski'. They both backed up each other's lies since neither was in a position to disprove them, both of them being fakers.

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]


This is more or less a given since the drive among some in Germany towards federalism hasn't been a success and isn't supported by most member states.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

The Daily Telegraph. It's behind a paywall however the report didn't say that much.

He did point out that a "citizen army" can help win wars and that we've seen that in Ukraine and he also praised army expansion in some of the countries in eastern and Central Europe.

He stressed that he opposes conscription.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]

He's now delivered the speech.

He made it clear that he doesn't support conscription and talked about an army reserve.

Law / Are non-Polish senior citizens entitled to use free public transportation ? [20]


Here's a list of the Warsaw ones with location:
wtp.waw.pl/en/service-points/

Worth mentioning that in Warsaw a normal one journey ticket is 84 cents (U.S.).

EDIT

A quick look here suggests that over 70s get free travel wherever they're from, however 60-70s have to be Polish citizens. This is just Warsaw; other ciotiss may differ (but probably don't much). All you need is official proof of age like a passport

wtp.waw.pl/en/discount-entitlements/

Law / Are non-Polish senior citizens entitled to use free public transportation ? [20]


This is generally true and that's how it works in Warsaw. For 60-70s, it's hardly worth getting the pass though; fares are very cheap.

Life / Satanic and Heretical Manifestations in Poland [123]


Ee baa gum, that it were.

Off-Topic / Will German Farmers change the EU policy? [45]


Part of the reason for brexit; a disproportionate amount of the CAP funding went to less efficient French, German and Italian farmers while they tried to limit production by more efficient farmers elsewhere to benefit their own.

News / How will Poland be affected by WW3 which has now started [559]


I did, and the article doesn't say that conscription is to be introduced or even anything like that.

He is against conscription, and for the record hasn't delivered the speech yet.

He is expected to warn that if we took part in a land war, the current level of recruitment may mean that we could have to take steps to address the conservatives' cuts in military strength. His beef is with the recruitment outsourcers and conservative politicians' concentration on cyberwarfare rather than traditional military forces.


That does make sense,.