Po polsku / Żebyśta nie myśleli że nauczyciele majom Raj [28]


Nie, nie pracuje. Ja zapieprzam jeszcze na prywatnych i na uczelni mam 1/4 etatu lektoratu. To jest faktycznie cały dzien od 8 rano do 8 wieczorem, poniedziałek - sobota. Taki mam system. Na szczęście, tylko 9 miesięcy w roku, jak słusznie zauważył grubas. Inaczej bym zwariował.

Więc, da się żyć. Ale wszystko ma swoją cenę. Rodzinę widuję tylko w wakacje i święta. Jak wracam po pracy, to chłopaki już śpią.

Po polsku / Żebyśta nie myśleli że nauczyciele majom Raj [28]


Licz to brutto. Czyli jako dyplomowany nauczyciel, za 1.5 etatu mam na rękę 3300 złotych. Czyli jest to - odbytych 26 lekcji (w tym 3 okienka w tygodniu i dolicz czas spędzony w domu na poprawę zadań i przygotowanie lekcji), wychowawstwo klasy maturalnej, przepracowane lata, dodatek za bycie opiekunem stażysty, i 4% dodatku motywacyjnego.

Nie jest źle, więc ja nie narzekam, a jak był strajk jakieś 2, 3 lata temu to nie strajkowałem. Tak, postawiłem się. :):):):):)

Ale nie wszyscy nauczyciele tak mają.

Dzisiaj rozmawiałem z nauczycielem PO i wf. Z pełnego etatu zredukowali go na 6 godzin bo zabrakło 2 klas w tym roku.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Of course, someone not familiar with Polish history might think it is true. :):):):):)

You are ironic. Good, but you should have inserted laughter smileys into it.

No. Quite the opposite. Polish peasants in 1920 defended Poland gallantly.

Each doorstep will be our fortress. See a soldier, worker and peasant fighting the Bolshevik invasion with a female`s help.

It was a result of great work of Polish educators and priests who, from 1863, taught Polish peasants to be patriots of Poland. The education went well and peasants have never betrayed Poland anymore.

History / 'Battle of Britain' won thanks to Polish aces !! [158]


Josef Frantiśek was his name and he was a very good looking guy. Pity he was killed.



Did you know that he took part in 1939 campaign as a pilot of Polish air force and was awarded the Polish Medal of Honour? In France and Britain campaigns, he refused to join the Czech Army in exile, preferred to stay with Poles and claimed he was Polish.

Salute to a great guy.

Life / Why Polish people should be proud of being Polish? [370]


They can be proud of creating their own country in 10 century:

making it a power in Europe, from sea to sea.
then dissipating and losing it completely for 123 years
and recreating again:
and losing again
and recreating again

Isn`t it fekking admirable?

Life / 3 reasons why you hate Poland. [1049]

I hate when bikers don`t have any lights on their bikes at night. It is against the rules.

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

This?



I have come across a great site:

banknoty.republika.pl/glowna.html

It covers all Polish notes since they were made in late 18 century.

50 zlotys note from 1925:

General description:
banknoty.republika.pl/rzeczpospolita_polska_1919/BP_waluta_zlotowa/50_zlotych_1_wrzesnia_1929.htm

Prices:
banknoty.republika.pl/ceny/ceny_banknotow_rzeczypospolitej_1919.htm

Three kinds of them, depending on the quality of a note: the better, the more expensive:

from 200 to 2 500,-

Po polsku / Żebyśta nie myśleli że nauczyciele majom Raj [28]

Powiedzmy szczerze - krzywdy nie ma około 10% nauczycieli którzy nałuczajom jenzyków obcych. Ci sobie dorobiom na boku, nie tak jak reszta.

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

Don`t expect heaps of gold. :):):):) Communist banknotes in 1970s and 1980s were produced by tones every day due to high inflation.

3 years ago someone tried to get 10 euros for one note but only because it had a rare serial number :):):):)

archiwumallegro.pl/banknot_prl_500_zl_1979_r_ser_bs_rzadki-991788487.html

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

I believe that Andrej Potiebnia, a Ukrainian officer in the Russian tsarist army, wouldn`t object to me putting him in this thread as a Polish hero.

I ran into his name looking through the photos from Ojców National Park.

The grave of 65 heroic insurgents fallen during the January Uprising in 1863.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Uprising

One of them was Potiebnia - he died in the battle with Russian troops at Pieskowa Skała :



At the very foot of the rock from which the castle rises, the tomb of the January Insurgents is located. It was at the foot of Pieskowa Skała that General Marian Langiewicz's troops of insurgents took on the Russian army, on 4th March 1863. The mortal remains of the insurgents who fell in the battle were brought here from Skała in 1953 and interred beneath a granite tombstone. Amongst those killed was Andrzej Potiebnia, a Ukrainian revolutionary who fought alongside the Polish insurgents as a volunteer.

He was 25 years old. Romantic, idealistic. Like a Pole.




thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/57207,Goralenvolk-Hitlers-Highland-c ollaborators-revealed-in-new-book
A new book exploring the wartime collaboration of Poland's infamous Goralenvolk (Highland Folk), is set to arrive in shops across the country.
Goralenvolk was a concept invented by the occupying Nazi regime just weeks after the invasion of Poland in September 1939.
Nazi authorities set out to persuade inhabitants of the southern Podhale region that they were not Slavs, but descendants of wandering German tribes.

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

Excuse me, but I don`t discuss things at length with unregistered users. Waste of time.

Register first, then I will answer you.

In another thread I read this:


Excuse me, MyMom, that I am using your post. :):):) I hope you don`t mind. After all, I am immortalising you, in a way, as Sokrates said.

Isn`t it a great historical myth that Poles love freedom?

What about in the past?

Polish peasants were enslaved by their szlachta masters. Serfdom in Poland lasted from 1520 to 1864, one of the longest in Europe.

With weak towns and their underpriviliged residents , it seems that only the gentry and aristocrats were really free. About 10% of the Polish population in the past.

freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~atpc/heritage/history/h-life/peasant.html


britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/535485/serfdom

Peasants in Poland were like slaves, completely dependent on their masters and troubled with incredible poverty.

No wonder that when serfdom was abolished in Russian partition zone by the Russian tsar`s decree in 1864, Polish peasants erected many gratitude memorials in their villages:

This one used to have a small statue of the Russian tsar instead of the cross.

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]

How many Japanese die of eating their delicious poisonous fish?

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]


I read in a few sources that, unfortunately, mushrooms absorb radioactive fallout and other harmful elements.

Wow, I have never picked so many noble mushrooms on one day! ::):) Were they clean?


We pick them in Beskid Niski mountains when we go on holiday there.


We pick them up in winter, in Krakow shops. :):):):)


Not so much, come on. :):):) About 9 zlotys for 0.5 kg.

Strange but I have never seen wild oyster mushrooms.


Yes, the season was poorer than in last years but I know some places of which other pickers have no idea so my mushroom hunts were always successful. Soon, I will post pics. :):):):) After 3 years` break, I made two dozen pickles. :):):)

History / Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? [257]

The Forum is full of threads and posts about the noble participation of Polish soldiers in the Battle of Britain etc. Of not for Polish pilots and their extraordinary deeds, Britain would have fallen etc etc.

However, there is also a dark side to it. Poles had a reputation of primitive rapists, according to some British women. :):):):):)

Life / Orphanages in Poland [82]

Sorry, currently I don`t know of any one ready for adoption. But I will ask my neighbours.

Life / Do you collect mushrooms in your country? Poles in Poland do. [94]


The season started in July. Half of my holiday prey this year was chantarelles. As usual. When I run into a gang of them, I usuall use a scythe - it is esasier and quicker. :):):):)


Yes, I am one of few Poles who collect them. But we seldom eat them on the same day - I dry them and make spicy powder.


Species name - lejkowiec - funnel mushroom. Local name is cholewka - boot mushroom.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]

oops. I thought it is yuor grand daughter. :):):):):)

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]

:):):):):)
Thanks, I didn`t realise you have such a sophisticated sense of humour.

Love / Polish women are the most beautiful in the world! [1718]


Exactly:

History / Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY [79]


The Polish army, the greatest in the world:

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


Boletus, you impress and scare me at the same time with your research. :):):)

Ooops, I didn`t realise that a single hero story can be so complicated. :):):):)

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

Warsaw Rising songs have always seemed the greatest Polish war songs to me: most patriotic, melodious, touching. Unique.

Chłopcy silni jak stal, Boys strong as steel, with photo slid show.



Godłem nam Biały Ptak, Our emblem is White Bird
A "Parasol" to znak, Umbrella is our sign
Naszym hasłem piosenka szturmowa! Our slogan is battle song
Pośród kul, huku dział Among bullets and cannonade
Oddział stoi, jak stał, Our unit is standing, like before
Choć poległa już chłopców połowa. Although half boys are dead
Dziś padł on, jutro ja, śmierć nie pyta. Today he fell, tomorrow I will, death doesn`t choose.

The March of Mokotów District



The March of Żoliborz District
...

Warsaw Children

Michla Palace

Hey, Boys, Baynonette on!




I am posting this link before I forget about it: August 1944 German war newsreel, with English subtitles:

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]


Another wow.
Thanks for such thorough investigation. Are you sure of what you are saying?


Do you suggest, judging by that vessel identity theft, that the whole heroic story of Wesołowski is fake?

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [91]

Not really in the city. I don`t remember the last time we baked our bread. Bought bread is good enough.

Food / What exactly is Polish Bread? [91]


The best in the world:

/polish-bread.jpg - bread from Poland

Polish bread and cakes top export lists for 2006.
Polish vodka and ham are well-known internationally. But it's bread that became No. 1 on the Polish export list lately.
Polish bread and cakes worth more than 400 mln euro were exported abroad in 2006, the National Research Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics reported. In comparison, vodka and other alcoholic drinks brought exporters only 77 mln euro, reported Informacyjna Agencja Radiowa (IAR), a press agency working with Polish Radio.

According to the Warsaw-based research center, exports of baked products were about 20 percent higher than in 2005.

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

It is a great controvercy, indeed. But be aware of the fact that the boy wasn`t forced into fighting, he ran away from home to join the Polish militia. If you were a commander of Polish defences in Lwów and desperately needed volunteers to repel Ukrainians` advances, would you refuse a 9 year old boy who claimed he was 13?

Life / Do you think that Polish people are rude? [951]


Yes!


Come on, calm down.

Life / How far apart do Poles stand when they talk? [46]

I once saw a Canadian woman running a class of English for Polish kids. They were visibly very uneasy when she approached and stood very close, almost touching them. They didn`t know what was going on.

History / Poland: Her heroes and her traitors [239]

The youngest Polish soldier ever!
SOLDIER OF POLAND AT 9, CORPORAL AT 12

Captain Stefan Ogonczyk Wesolowski was born on January 31, 1909 in Warsaw during the occupation of Poland by Czarist Russia. [...].

In addition to these decorations, Stefan Wesolowski was promoted to the rank of corporal at the tender age of 12, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in the history of Polish military services. He was later awarded decorations for Silesia, Wolyn and Lwow as an additional point of recognition for his military service in these campaigns.

Later on he joined the navy and during WW2 he fought on Polish destroyers.

Captain Stefan Ogonczyk Wesolowski

Read the complete story here: memoriesofwar.com/veterans/wesolowski/default.asp


Yes, wow. I came across this story by pure accident. He has a Wiki entry, but only in Polish.
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_P._Weso%C5%82owski

Great family traditions: his great grandpa took part in 1830 November Uprising, his grandpa participated in 1863 January Uprising, his father entered into 1905 Revolution.

I would like my sons to be as patriotic as this boy.