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Posts by Eva Aeri  

Joined: 2 Aug 2012 / Female ♀
Last Post: 4 Aug 2012
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Eva Aeri   
4 Aug 2012
UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

Eva Aeri if your credentials are true then well done. congratulations. I'm sure you would have found employment here before 2003, with a working visa.

You are worlds apart from the majority of trash from Poland that flock here.
For starters you're actively conversing in English on an English language forum, that pretty much makes you a different breed!

I was only 20 then, so I'm not sure :) But seriously, I understand your frustration guys, I'm very very much against people who emigrate and then don't respect the county they are in. However, please, please, please don't generalise. There are a lot of Polish people who are very grateful and happy to be able to work here and who want to contribute, integrate and support this country and who love it and call it home. I have a picture of Team GB on my timeline, so you can see for yourself:))

Isthatu, you may want to read a book called 'The gift of dyslexia'. If anyone criticises you because of dyslexia tell them to f***k off. Benjamin Zephaniah is dyslexic and yet he's one of the most amazing poets I've ever read.

Mind you,what do you expect when a couple of second hand car salesmen decide to open some schools?

I think some people feel nobilitated when they can call themselves 'sponsors' ( school sponsors:), so they open academies like mad.

Also, the local Acadamy to me is one of those loony ones teaching kids that creationism (literal bible nonsense) is on a par with Darwin .... :)

Burn it down !:)
Eva Aeri   
4 Aug 2012
Work / Finding work in Warsaw / Poland as an English private tutor [63]

Hey, I suggest you advertise online on korepetycje.pl or google 'korepetycje' and advertise on one of many websites (korepetycje=tuition).

Polish EFL teachers ask for 50zl per hour on average in Warsaw. I believe that a native can ask for 50-60. I'm not sure if you can teach in a mainstream school if you don't have a degree, but check private FE colleges and interestingly some private HE institutions. They may need someone to teach listening or speaking skills. Also you may check language shools, but they tend to pay **** money. And there's always an option to try a British school, they may need a TA or a learning mentor?

I've been told that a salary is not great when you work as a primary/secondary teacher so maybe focus on tuition first? If you work 20 hours a week 50 zl per hour you get 4k a month:)

I recommend Warsaw, I used to live there and really liked it, it's a busy city as well.

Let me know if you have any questions:)
Eva Aeri   
4 Aug 2012
Language / Polish slang phrases - most popular. [606]

God Bless is not Szczesc boze, I think. My friends use it when they want to express amusement and pitty when someone they like has done something funny but silly. Not sure how to translate it though....:/
Eva Aeri   
4 Aug 2012
UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

Isthatu, I've worked both in a mainstream secondary school and and in an academy, I haven't seen a one unqualified teacher so far, but I've only been in the UK for two years now so I'm not an expert. I'd say you need to doubleprove yourself when you work at any academy because they only sign one-year contracts. If you don't deliver, adios! My academy offers private healthcare, gym membership, relocation package, extensive CPD training and we are on MPS which is not anway the case. This is a majoral academy and there's a lot of money involved, so maybe I'm just lucky? The behaviour was challenging at first, but that's sorted now ( well, at least in my classroom :D).

Oh I hate religion, I work for London Academy Enterprise:)

Do you work is education as well Isthatu?
Eva Aeri   
4 Aug 2012
UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

Hi teflcat.

It's a programme designed to improve behaviour of kids with EBD (emotional and behavioural difficulties). It covers internal exclusion, external exclusion and working with PRU. I'm a troublemaker myself so we get on really well:) It's great fun:)

What was it like at your school?
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

Hi Pawian, I teach Spanish and French in an Academy (secondary) and organise special provision as well, mainly behaviour intervention and curriculum development.

If you want to teach in a primary/ secondary school you will need a QTS ( Qualified Teacher Status). What do you teach in Poland? There are different requirements for different subjects. EFL and English are entirely different.

Of course they are angry.

"Would you like fries with that?"
"wilt u frietjes bij?"
"quieres papas fritas con eso?"
"souhaitez-vous des frites avec ça?"
"Вы хотели бы жаркое с этим?"

No that's YOUR job :D
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
Love / How i can make a relationship with a Polish girl? [20]

She waited and waited and waited. You promised her something and you broke the promise. Why does it surprise you?

One more thing: we're not nice, we're independent and rebelious:) Japanese girls are nice, so nice it makes everyone sick, so maybe give it a go?
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
UK, Ireland / First proper "Polish" School in the UK - The Next Stage of Ghettoisation [283]

Ok haters:)

I'm Polish.
I live and work in England.
I have a BA, MA and a Qualified Teacher Status.
I speak Spanish, Portuguese, French, Norwegian, Polish and English.
I was headhunted and offered the job because they couldn't find a suitably qualified British teacher. Those I've met hardly speak one foreign language, I don't know anyone who speaks two.

So everyone, sorry for taking your job :D

P.S. I'm learning German:)
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
Language / Hejka / Nara - a trendy youth greeting in Poland? [26]

I'm in my late twenties and I say' hej' 'czesc' 'siema' . My friends who are in their 20s, 30s and 40s also use 'hej', so does my mum who is 60 and even my grandma:) It's a very versatile informal way to say hi to someone you know. ' Hejka is not cool because noone uses it :) Professor Miodek is usually 10 years behind in regards to slang/colloquial expressions:) He's a language purist, so his advice is great when you're writing a novel, not so much when you want to learn which colloquial expressions are in:)
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
Love / Egyptian guy with Polish girl - is it normal? [18]

Go everywhere with her? It 's very much against out tradition, you will make her very very unhappy. We don't like being controlled, we don't like taking orders cos we're far too independent for that and if you look into our history, you will see this pattern opression=rebellion

.So either really respect her and let her live the way she wants to, or leave her and find someone who does'n have any sens of independence and who will not mind going out with you everywhere they go. Being chaperoned 24/7 is my idea of hell on earth.
Eva Aeri   
3 Aug 2012
Travel / Eating out - where to have my first Polish meal in Warsaw? [10]

Hey:)
Have a look at the prices: 1GBP-5zl 1USD- 3zl

a dinner in a bar/ restaurant 25-45 zl
a bottle of beer- 3 zl (shop), 7-10zl (bar)
a travel card (3days) 28 zl
a cinema ticket 25-30 zl
a book 25-40zl
a ticket to the National Museum 15zl (free on Tuesdays)
a pair of trousers 120-140pln (H&M, Orsay etc)

Perfumes are more expensive than in Paris or in London :/ Hope it helps, if you need more info let me know.