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Teen pregnancy Posted by Kasia on Sep 8, 2012
Teen pregnancies (ciąże nastolatek) happen everywhere. A new report shows approximately 20,000 teenagers give birth to children in Poland each year. The data, compiled by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), states that during 2010 around 4 percent of pregnant women were teenagers, the majority of which were aged between 15-19. A recent study conducted by…
Polish community Posted by Kasia on Sep 4, 2012
Humans are social creatures. The frequency of our contact with others and the quality of our personal relationships (relacje osobiste) are thus crucial determinants of our well-being (dobrobyt, powodzenie). Helping others (pomaganie innym) can also make you happier. People who volunteer tend to be more satisfied with their lives (bardziej zadowoleni z życia) than those who…
WiFi for PKP Intercity? Posted by Kasia on Aug 31, 2012
There was good news for business travellers (podróżujący służbowo) in Poland this week after the announcement that PKP Intercity is in the final stages of installing WiFi onboard its trains. While PKP has still to choose an Internet service provider (dostawca usług internetowych), news station TVN24 states that customers will be able to connect via…
Wiersz na powitanie szkoły Posted by Kasia on Aug 30, 2012
September 1st is coming! First day of school for kids in Poland! Here is a great poem to welcome the new school year: Wiersz na powitanie szkoły (Autor: Tadeusz Kubiak) Żegnajcie, lasy zielone, Żegnajcie rzeki błękitne. Już wrzesień idzie przez łąki I wrzosem liliowo kwitnie. Już się zwołują jaskółki, Już bocian rozkłada skrzydła, Żurawie lecą…
September 1st in Poland Posted by Kasia on Aug 25, 2012
September 1st in Poland is not only the first day of school for kids…It is also a very said day in the Poland’s history. On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland, the act that started World War II (Druga Wojna Światowa) The day before, Nazi operatives had posed as Polish military officers to stage…
Have you heard about “Demon” energy drink? Posted by Kasia on Aug 18, 2012
Conservative Catholic campaigners in Poland have claimed an energy drink branded “Demon” can promote evil and lead to the “destruction of human souls”. Furious with the drink’s arrival on the Polish market one website, entitled Satanism Shall Not Pass, said that it’s advertising campaign will lead to “billboards dripping with Satanism”, and has added its…
Janusz Korczak Posted by Kasia on Aug 17, 2012
This year Poland celebrates the life and works of Henryk Goldszmit, better known by his pseudonym Janusz Korczak. He is remembered today primarily for his contributions to education as a great authority when it came to custodial pedagogy, yet he was an accomplished writer as well, taking on a range of literary forms to pursue…