Remember my excitement about my return to school? Well, after all, it\u2019s not going to happen. And so right were those of you who said that I should have picked a school in the UK, or elsewhere. Ah\u2026 But I guess I needed to learn it the hard way all by myself.<\/p>\n
So what happened? Well, turned out that I couldn\u2019t study the one field that interested me (and which was the reason why I chose that particular school in the first place \u2013 WSSM<\/strong> in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/strong>) on-line. Why? Apparently that particular course is financed by the EU and the EU regulations require for students to be physically present in the classroom and to sign the attendance roster personally. Which, if you want to know my opinion, smacks of discrimination against people with physical disabilities and limited mobility, but that\u2019s a whole another story.<\/p>\n The problem is that nobody bothered to inform me about this requirement during my initial meeting with the school\u2019s president (rektor<\/strong>) and two of their academic staff. I made it very clear that I was interested in studying intercultural communication (which happens to be that EU financed course) on-line and I was told that, \u201cno problem, we can arrange that.\u201d<\/em> But, no, they can\u2019t.<\/p>\n Why nobody at WSSM<\/strong> thought to read the fine print on their EU agreement regarding this course BEFORE I submitted my application and paid the admission fee (wpisowe<\/strong>), I really don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n Needless to say, I am very unhappy right now. Nah, that\u2019s an understatement. I\u2019m more than unhappy, but since this is a PG blog, I will try to control myself.<\/p>\n What the school offers me now is to study anglistyka<\/strong> (English philology – because intercultural communication is one of the minors offered in that department)<\/em> virtually (on-line), but that\u2019s not an acceptable solution for me.<\/p>\n If I wanted to study straight English, I could have applied to any other school. There are more private schools in Poland now than you can shake a stick at.<\/p>\n Now, of course, one of the academic staff fuming with righteous anger tells me that there is an inaccuracy in how I describe this whole situation. Frankly, from where I\u2019m at, I don\u2019t see any inaccuracies. I am not interested in where the school\u2019s limitations come from, that\u2019s none of my business. I\u2019m only interested in the fact that I wasn\u2019t informed about them when I was handing over the money. And that\u2019s definitely my business. Or was the school that desperate for my wpisowe<\/strong> money (admission fee)? And yes, I will try to get that refunded anyway.<\/p>\n I\u2019m really sad and sorry that it turned out that way. I\u2019m still determined to go back to school and study intercultural communication\/relations. But it won\u2019t be at a school in Poland. Unfortunately.<\/p>\n Anyhow, how\u2019s that Polish z\u0142ota jesie\u0144<\/strong> (golden autumn) coming along?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Remember my excitement about my return to school? Well, after all, it\u2019s not going to happen. And so right were those of you who said that I should have picked a school in the UK, or elsewhere. Ah\u2026 But I guess I needed to learn it the hard way all by myself. So what happened?…<\/p>\n