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PWEI   
20 Oct 2011
Language / Intensive English Language Courses in Poland? [44]

Trying to tie people to certain methods that don't suit them is not only restrictive but also ineffective for them and unproductive for the teacher.

Which brings us back to one of the many major drawbacks of Berlitz.
PWEI   
20 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Demand for apartments low in Poland's main cities [89]

No major city is going to see falls in all price per sq. metre and size bands. Most will see falls in some band and rises in others. A select few will see rises in almost all bands, perhaps even in all. However, I have very little idea which will be which or where.
PWEI   
20 Oct 2011
Language / Intensive English Language Courses in Poland? [44]

For some it works and for some it doesn't. For some the traditional method just doesn't work and the Berlitz method does.

a) Berlitz noted for giving refunds to students who find the Berlitz method doesn't work, are they?
b) A 'traditional' approach is to use whatever method(s) work with the individual student.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Demand for apartments low in Poland's main cities [89]

my bet.

Come on, place the bet you want to make! You have the odds now and the details.

also PWEI, where the development which you Compared depend greatly on locations

I am talking about three specific developments in Warsaw offering flats of about 80 to 90 metres in which prices have gone down by 20%.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Language / Intensive English Language Courses in Poland? [44]

Berlitz pay pathetic wages and when you consider the stupidly high prices they charge, those wages are simply a rip off.

Berlitz use a completely discredited methodology - don't agree.

Discredited in the eyes of anybody other than greedy lazy school owners. Next you'll be telling us that Callan is a good method!

I know Poles who used to teach at Berlitz who were instructed to tell clients that they were not Polish.

some quality teachers who actually have knowledge of English and have lived in either America or the UK

Wow: they have knowledge of English and lived in an English speaking country?! Stunning. I note, however, that you haven't got a word to say about their knowledge of how to teach, how to explain the language or any tiny little things like that.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Language / Intensive English Language Courses in Poland? [44]

Utter rubbish. Anybody who has ever been involved in any way with language teaching knows that:
Berlitz charge stupid prices;
Berlitz pay pathetic wages;
Berlitz use completely discredited methodology;
Berlitz schools in Poland pass off Poles as native speakers (and charge the extra a native costs).

I know one guy who used to work at Berlitz who was only fired after being so drunk that he fell of his desk and couldn't get up again because it was the second time he'd done it that week!
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Demand for apartments low in Poland's main cities [89]

Prices will go down +20% this year, is my bet.

Money where your mouth is!
Specify:
city (or cities) in which prices will go down by more than 20%;
price per sq. m bands in which prices will go down by more than 20%;
flat size bands in which prices will go down by more than 20%;
the period which you refer to by "this year".

I'm willing to bet you 100zl at odds of ten to one (i.e. if you win you get 1,000zl but if I win I get only 100zl) that not even one city in Poland will see falls of more than 20% in all price per sq. m bands and all flat size bands this year and I'll bet you 500zl at even money that no city in Poland will see falls of even 10% in all price per sq. m bands and all flat size bands this year.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
History / Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? [104]

Not so much 'let in' as unable and unwilling to kick them out.

You might wish to note that in reality, in addition to the 100,000+ Polish troops who were serving in Italy or Germany when the war ended, more than 80,000 Poles were brought to the UK after the end of the war (21,000 liberated Polish POWs, 31,800 dependants of PRC members, 29,400 Polish "European Volunteer Workers).

When one knows nothing about a subject, it is not wise to try and talk about it.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Demand for apartments low in Poland's main cities [89]

where did you gather your source of info

Comparing the prices in a particular development I was interested in a couple of years ago with what places there are going for now.
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Law / I'm looking for polish clothing brand "TATTUM" [6]

Company name: Tatuum Kan Sp. z o.o.
Address: Wiączyńska 8 a, 92-760 £ódź
Tel.: 042 677 79 55
NIP: 725-101-98-80
KRS: 0000119998
CEO: Józef Kapitańczyk

Cross-reference
Kan Production Sp. z o.o.
Wiączyńska 8A, 92-760 £ódź
Tel.: (42) 677-79-20
Fax: (42) 677-79-20
NIP: 728-000-86-08
KRS: 0000259684
PWEI   
19 Oct 2011
Real Estate / Demand for apartments low in Poland's main cities [89]

At present, prices have only fallen slightly.

No, they've gone down by as much as 20% in some sections of the market: you can't call that 'slight'!

Are they going to go down more? In some sections of the market I would expect so, and in other sections of the market there will be rises in prices. Fortunately for me, prices for what I want to buy haven't bottomed out yet, so I can wait another year or so and save up more for the deposit.
PWEI   
18 Oct 2011
History / Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? [104]

Where did you get that figure? From what I'd seen it was a few hundred

Dr Mark Ostrowski, "To Return To Poland Or Not To Return" - The Dilemma Facing The Polish Armed Forces At The End Of The Second World War, angelfire.com/ok2/polisharmy specific data here

angelfire.com/ok2/polisharmy/chapter8.html
PWEI   
18 Oct 2011
News / Amnesty to Illegal immigrants in Poland [102]

all I want is a clear, accurate source of official information

Well then you need to ask the officials who make the decisions, it's that simple.
PWEI   
18 Oct 2011
History / Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? [104]

Around 50% stayed, 50% returned.

Can I ask for a source for that? As far as I know, of the 249,000 Poles in the western command forces: 114,000 joined the Polish Resettlement Corps and stayed in the UK; 86,000 returned to Poland from United Kingdom, 12,000 returned to Poland from Italy, 5,000 returned to Poland from Germany, 2,000 returned to Poland from the Middle East (total number who returned to Poland was 105,000); 8,000 disbanded without joining the PRC (includes 2,300 who settled in Italy and 1,200 in Holland); 1,000 "Recalcitrants" ineligible for PRC; 14,000 emigrated to other countries (including what had become the USSR); and 7,000 settled in France.

To the 114,000 PRC members we can add: 31,800 dependants of PRC members brought to the UK by the War Office, 2,400 "Distressed Relatives" brought to the UK (Poles married to UK Citizens), and 29,400 Polish "European Volunteer Workers"
PWEI   
18 Oct 2011
History / Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? [104]

I know, how horrible

Not really. But it would be nice if Poles could stop lying about what happened to their countrymen at the end of the war. Either that or start paying the bills for their countrymen's accommodation.

Hundreds of thousands of Polish servicemen were given British citizenship after the war and tens of thousands of their dependents were brought to the UK after the war. Why were those things done if Britain wanted shot of the Poles?