Life / Babcia or Busha - any social class difference? [359]

It's common in American movies, they seem to think that any Slavic language will do and it's all the same ;)

And no, there is no such word as "busha' in Polish.

Work / English teaching books in Poland: villains and heroes [30]

I was learning from Proficiency Masterclass (Oxford University Press) at some point and found it absolutely brilliant - witty, challenging and interesting.

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]


I don't think so ;)
I usually don't even remember about all these days of this or that, I only remember about Grandfather's Day, just because he expects me to and I'm being nice :P

Life / Womans day in Poland? [242]

Many women choose to ignore this "celebrations" nowadays, the commies did everything to make us hate it ;)

Language / IS "MURZYN" word RACIST? [686]


It's not racist if it's not used in a sentence meant to be offensive. It's just a word describing someone with black skin, that's all.

Work / An Australian girl living in Poland: Residence permit, please help! [44]


Yep, as long as they're satisfied that you're doing it for tourism. Be aware that UK immigration officers will often refuse entry if they think you're doing it simply to gain extra time in the Schengen zone.


Yes, it means they were lucky. Remeber - someone checking your passport in the Foreigners Office can easily alert the Straz Graniczna to an overstayer - and as you have to have a legal address, bang.

It's simply not worth trying to get round it - you won't succeed. Even if you do, then you can easily be found out at a later date if the stamps in the passport don't add up.

Study / "MAGISTER" OR "MASTERS DEGREE" - ARE THEY THE SAME? [75]


At my uni a candidate had to prepare his subject, research outline etc. and present it at the entry exam. He would be given points for his masters results and for the value of the proposed research.

Study / "MAGISTER" OR "MASTERS DEGREE" - ARE THEY THE SAME? [75]


No one expects to be treated fairly by foreign universities... it is obvious they will look down on Polish qualifications!
I looked through the material demanded for A-levels and it's more or less the same as our matura.


At which uni??


I did 3 years of "licencjat", wrote my dissertation, had to defend it, afterwards 2 years for "magister", again - dissertation and defending it. So how is my "magister" not equal? I assure you it is! I looked into the MSc material (field similar to mine) at one of the English unis - and to be honest, it was laughably easy!

I just hate this attitude of "our MSc is better..because it's called differently!". Bollocks!

Love / I love my Polish girl! Wanted to share my story. [55]


Germany's a wonderful place to live. Stable, reliable, the only bad thing about Germany is the love of rules. On the whole though, it's certainly no worse than the UK.


That would be why they consistently rate as having a far superior quality of life to the UK then?


Can't really compare poor European countries to the UK, can you?