Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


You mean as an unqualified teenager.


You assume so much but know so little.

But still manage to shoot your mouth off.

Keep to the topic and less of the personal insults, This thread was cleaned yesterday because of you, and your mate.

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


"Writting"????

No. It's wittering on. As are you.


Again, no...

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


Yet that doesn't seem to stop you wittering on about teaching degrees. By the way, they exist in your country.


Teaching degree online?? They (in Europe anyway) involve extensive assessed TP.

B.Sc.Ed too...


So below both of mine then.


This is a good idea - even if you don't want to teach especially, you will always have something to fall back on.


At least one poster in this thread is, and some of us are in education and training management.

Amusing to see someone pontificating about the world of work when they are a teenager.

Life / Brazilian moving to Gdansk and need some help with finding a flat to rent and also a good school for daughters [33]


It's very worth it since the Gdansk suburbs in winter are not cheerful especially with the wind and rain from the Baltic, whereas in the old town you'll be within an easy walk of so much and it is of course a beautiful place.

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


That's the way it goes, however for 'off the street' students the bottom line is usually money.


Indeed. What's with these so-called 'methodologists' that downmarket language schools use, anyway?


Sort of. Now that couple have really made some dosh out of it all. Believe it or not their books are still used in some places.

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


Excuse us if nobody believes that.


In most of Europe.


Compared to courses that don't


Who?

Why would one study chemistry to teach languages? I wonder how you'd manage on a Linguistics course...


Sounds American. Remind us about the literacy rates there.


And that shows you really do know nothing.


As does that.

Work / Language Teachers - do you feel respected in Poland? [86]


That's pure comedy! Maybe on some substandard 'masters' courses wherever you live, however none of those are common in mainstream M Ed, MATESOL and PGCE courses elsewhere. They usually require a very high level of candidate before even starting. Not to mention the rigorously assessed teaching practice.


Some bitter person's evidently having a bad hair day.

Love / Do Polish men date black women?? [69]


Much more reliable than some statistic for the type of person who thinks a link to a website is a 'source'.


The best way by far is real life. I do know couples where the man has black heritage and the woman is Polish (real Polish, meaning from Poland) however due to gender patterns in migration (and possibly a stranger being a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of Polish men) marriage between someone black and someone Polish tends to be the other way round.

Real Estate / Landlord in Poland - tenant laws, statue of limitation [26]

Remember you can always give notice and move somewhere else. Most landlords are not as bad as they one you're using.

Law / Do I need proof of name change when registering in Poland? [3]

I suppose that would depend on how thorough and scrupulous you are. Since your name changed as a child rather than, say, last week I wouldn't mention it.

History / Royal Family still in Poland? [79]


Exactly.

In any case, there have been three legally valid constitutions since the 3rd May Constitution, none of which make provision for any sort of monarchy or aristocracy.

Law / Old Polish money banknotes - what's their value today? [415]


Looks that way. This one keeps coming and coming.

Mind you, it's just possible that someone has some rare overprinted banknote from the first days of the second republic.

History / Royal Family still in Poland? [79]


It was an elected monarchy so nobody is 'in line' to the throne. The throne by the way was abolished 200 years ago and none of the three regimes since has decided to re activate it. Nor is there any significant movement for that to happen.

Life / Are there any prescriptions / medications for adult ADHD in Poland? [12]

Take a letter from your doctor back home explaining your diagnosis and treatment regime, take it to the right doctor here and they can doubtless prescribe something.

Love / Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Find Polish Women Attractive? [93]

I suppose you may well say that, with your decades of life experience and historical insight (oops - I forgot you're a teenager).


Spot on, though not everyone is the same.


Two rather similar nationalities, if anything.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]


That's a good idea. Any Cepelia shop should have plenty of stuff like that (in Warsaw, the easiest to find is on Marszalkowska, opposite Metro Centrum, in the 70s modernist pavilion building by the side of the Metropol Hotel. There's also a good linen shop further up Marszalkowska, past MacDonalds, sort of opposite Metro Swietokrzyszka.

Life / Volunteering in Poland [21]

There are hundreds of charities and other organisations who are looking for volunteer help (and plenty around Olsztyn).

The Wielka Orkiestra runs a volunteering programme although it's mostly about fund-raising. They should have details at wosp.org.pl

There's also the Red Cross and the Order Usmiechu (who do work with children).

Specific to Olsztyn, there's ocop:
ocop.olsztyn.pl/spinacz/?page=news&grupa=5
who mostly work with older people and there's the Klub Woluntariusze who co-ordinate volunteering in and around Olsztyn and should be able to put you in touch with someone:

bazy.ngo.pl/search/info.asp?id=185202

These people also run a programme for those who wish to volunteer with children and young people in Olsztyn:
uniwersytetdzieci.pl/wolontariat

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]


No worries, I replied early morning before I found my glasses or drank a coffee ;-)

Roger's suggestion of Sękacz is a good one. Most food shops in town should have it (and definitely not a whole one!). Cherries in chocolate and alcohol are good too, as is nalewka, Wiśniówka is a nice one. Tins of goose pate are good (get from Krakowskie Kredens or whatever it's called, at Nowy Swiat 23 rather than the supermarket; they have lots of traditional stuff in fancy boxes which make nice gifts).

A good bottle of vodka always goes down well. Contrary to what people say, there isn't that much difference between them, if you exclude the bottom and top 10% of the price range, so just choose the one with a label that looks good.

Life / What do Poles really think about cats? [470]

At least these Polish cats have now been rescued:
A WOMAN who tried to join together dead and alive cats to create a Frankenstein-style animal has been arrested by police after nearly 100 dead felines were found in freezers her house......The horrifying story was revealed by police after they raided her house in Warsaw, Poland when neighbours complained of a horrid smell and loud high pitched noise nearby.

dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/348388/Woman-arrested-after-trying-to-create-Frankenstein-animal-out-of-dead-and-alive-cats

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]

They don't usher you into the duty-free shop during a random border check. In my experience they just look at passports and maybe sniff at the baggage in the hold.

It would be useful if you'd mentioned that you're travelling to Switzerland rather than the UK, the only country other than Poland that you mentioned in your original post. Unless you're planning on luxury (doubtful since you're using buses) the 300CHF limit will not be an issue for you.

Life / What should I get for a gift for somebody who's never visited Poland? [59]


There's no duty-fee between Poland and the UK and if you go by coach, the only border you will see is at Dover. Get some chocolates (not, repeat not, Ptasie Mleko) or a nice bottle of flavoured vodka.

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [335]


They were/are American, surely?

Oil was used for millennia before he was born however he did start something called an 'oil distillery' - basically the forerunner of the technique called fractional refining and the basis of how it's still done.


A sweeping generalisation about 40 million people, not that most of your examples are even part of that 40 million.

Work / What is a good monthly salary for an English teacher in Poland? [124]


Not much change in that time

A lot depends on whether you're teaching open groups (i.e. People who've signed up for a course at a language school) or teaching in-company. In Katowice you'd need about 4000 zl to live comfortably, though some would undoubtedly settle for less. I suspect that most private language schools there would struggle to guarantee you that.

Work / What is a good monthly salary for an English teacher in Poland? [124]

It depends whereabouts in Poland and of course how qualified, skilled and experienced you are as a teacher. Plus the type of work you're doing. Plenty of threads here on this already.

Food / What is your favorite Polish Vodka? [653]

Delicious stuff.


Siwucha was introduced a few years ago now (at least 15 years back) as a 'retro' vodka, using a pre-war recipe that gives it the delicate grey colour and the slight oleisty-ness. Quite a few people in Poland have told me they don't really rate it, since the taste there is for very clean, crystal-clear vodka but I like it and it makes a great present.

Worth mentioning that a few times I've taken a bottle of Żytnia along to bring a bottle sessions (I like the old-fashioned label) and people have thought it strange that I've taken that one and not Absolwent, Wyborowa, Bols, the usual stuff.

I see a lot of J.A. Baczewski vodka in the shops now. Looks interesting but not cheap.

Love / Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Find Polish Women Attractive? [93]

That or asking to see their passports...

Love / Am I The Only One Who Doesn't Find Polish Women Attractive? [93]

Come on. The kind of person who starts a thread like that would probably be glad if any woman or man under 80 let him use it.

UK, Ireland / Would life in the UK be very hard for a 17 yr old Polish girl? Advice needed please [33]



These are three tiny exceptions to a very big rule.


This is sensible.

Millions more people regret not getting an education or learning a trade than become household names.

Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]

That word makes me think of the film with Sigourney Weaver ;-)

I can't think of anything else either. Kosmitek is a good one...

Love / Polish Pet Names For Girls. [156]

That was the word i was scratching my head about but couldn't remember? Are there any other possibles?