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expatben
Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Location: UK...soon Canada though
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| Just wondering what the general feeling is |
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XXX
Joined: 14 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I liked it the first time and I came back for a summer program. I'll be back ( next summer )!!!! |
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expatben
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| Thanks, you're really making me feel more confident in coming over |
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Tumteetum
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: Poland is |
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The elaborate version.... Out of 10
Living. 7/10. Positive - great people, bars, nice countryside, some nice towns and cities, plenty to visit. Negative - winters and pan faced strangers.
Money. 4/10. Plenty to live on in Poland but youre not going to save here unless you stay home and live on frozen pierogi and tap water for a year.
Women: 9/10. Would have been 10 if it wasnt for chicks with no hips (still better than Thailand's version though!)
(Men: too much testosterone. grade n/a)
Beer: 9/10. Would have been 10 if it wasnt for the head bangingly tempting Warka Strong!
Work. 8/10. As an ESL teacher... students are generally fun and willing to talk. Blokes can be a tad defensive though.
Overall - Im here for the women and beer so Im laughing  |
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gregoryfromcali
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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Location: People's Republic of Shanghai
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 2:56 am Post subject: |
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The elaborate version.... Out of 10
Living. 7/10. Positive - great people, bars, nice countryside, some nice towns and cities, plenty to visit. Negative - winters and pan faced strangers.
Money. 4/10. Plenty to live on in Poland but youre not going to save here unless you stay home and live on frozen pierogi and tap water for a year.
Women: 9/10. Would have been 10 if it wasnt for chicks with no hips (still better than Thailand's version though!)
(Men: too much testosterone. grade n/a)
Beer: 9/10. Would have been 10 if it wasnt for the head bangingly tempting Warka Strong!
Work. 8/10. As an ESL teacher... students are generally fun and willing to talk. Blokes can be a tad defensive though.
Overall - Im here for the women and beer so Im laughing. |
This is a pretty good breakdown of Poland.
I lived there for two years and I had a good time. I recommend it to anyone who wants to experience former communist Eastern Europe.
It does come down to the beer and the women for a lot of guys.
For me it was about the ladies, well one lady, and the traveling you can do from there. I found my finance there.
I was able to explore Ukraine, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Repulic and of course Poland.
But after two years the Winters, not being able to save much, drinking in pubs being one of the only things that English teachers do and the coldness that Poles can sometimes exhibit eventually got old.
But I wouldn't have done it any differently.
I think it's one of the best places to start as a teacher. Because Poles want it all. They want grammar, conversation and a good time. After a year there you should be able to teach anywhere. |
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XXX
Joined: 14 Feb 2003
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Coldness? You must have been in Warsaw. I have never been treated with more warmth by any people in my life. No, I wasn't in Warsaw.
And as for the money, Poland is a poor country. Thanks to Hitler and Stalin, it had been looted for more than 50 years. However, my salary was MUCH more than the local standard. I knew better than to go there to "make money". If you want money, go to the middle east or Korea. I'm sure you won't enjoy those places as much as you did Poland. I stand by my vote. |
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Tumteetum
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Coldness? You must have been in Warsaw. I have never been treated with more warmth by any people in my life. No, I wasn't in Warsaw.
And as for the money, Poland is a poor country. Thanks to Hitler and Stalin, it had been looted for more than 50 years. However, my salary was MUCH more than the local standard. I knew better than to go there to "make money". If you want money, go to the middle east or Korea. I'm sure you won't enjoy those places as much as you did Poland. I stand by my vote. |
There is little money to save in Poland - thats a fact, not a complaint or some kind of astonishing exclamation. Plenty to live on comfortably, not enough to save (which is what many ESL teachers are looking to do and so worth a mention I think).
And in my experience Poles are great once you get to know them, but can generally be quite cold and (seemingly) unfriendly otherwise. Most if not all other westerners I met felt similarly.
And Korea is great with its silly excitedness and liveliness, its brilliant food, near 24 hour living, locals who like to drink, neon etc etc - totally different to Poland but also a great place and culture to experience. I dont know how you can be sure anyone wouldnt enjoy it. |
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Alex Shulgin
Joined: 20 Jul 2003
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| There is little money to save in Poland - thats a fact, not a complaint or some kind of astonishing exclamation. Plenty to live on comfortably, not enough to save (which is what many ESL teachers are looking to do and so worth a mention I think). |
There is plenty of money to be made in Poland. I'm currently looking at apartments to buy in the US$250,000 range. The one I bought seven years ago with 100% credit is now completely paid for. I don't stay in much but I'm not out drinking every night (as a lot of teachers are). The trick is to just work for the people who pay the best and to be hard-nosed when talking money to prospective bosses. And to teach 30 classes a week. |
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