Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

I tried to speak Polish but I was not good at it. It was just easier to speak English and everyone would change to it anyway if they knew how so I never really got any good at Polish.

One thing I have noticed is that natives often laugh at you rather than encouraging you and helping when you mess up. There were times that people made such a big deal out of how cute I sounded or mistakes I made that it made me want to not bother. I never did that with people in English even if they did sound ridiculous...encouraging works far better than mockery.