I am sometimes surprised when I realize that I am a parent, and with that it’s my responsibility to talk to my children about things that are going on in the world. I wonder if my parents had the…
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Polish language
Description of Children's Day in Poland called Dzień Dziecka in Polish. Find out how Poland celebrates Children's Day and how you can too.…
Pizza Polonia? Polish Pizza? What’s that, you might be thinking. There are a lot of tasty dishes Poland is known for, Polish pierogi, Polish Bigos, Polish Łazanki, but Polish Pizza? Pierwsze słyszę. My first encounter with Polish pizza My…
One great thing about moving to Poland, besides the food, was a chance to learn the history of Poland, first hand in Poland.…
I wanted to put a cute saying here about the power of repetition in learning, but the first quotes I could find were either about repeated lies becoming truth or things sourced to Hilter, so we move on. Repetition…
No one can make you angry like your mother can. It usually doesn’t take much, an innocent comment, sometimes just a look, that goes straight to your heart and immediately infuriates you. I remember plenty of slammed doors as…
Czy mówi Pan po angielsku? (Do you speak English, sir?) Czy mówi Pani po angielsku? (Do you speak English, ma’am?) Czy mogę mówić po angielsku? (May I speak English?) How many times have I asked these questions? Maybe a…
Yesterday, the political party PiS organized a March of Independence and Justice in Warsaw. I was thinking about the anniversary of martial law in Poland yesterday and apparently PiS was thinking about something else. There were a lot of…
Little Rosie has angina. Angina!?! you say. Don’t worry. It isn’t that serious. She has angina po polsku. I remember the first time I heard the word angina in Poland. One of my students called me to cancel her…
Ratunku “Kiedy przestaję już ogarniać współczesność, kiedy świat mnie otacząjący stawia bariery, który nie jestem w stania sforsować umysłem, gdy zdumienie nad zmieniającą się kulturą masową i obyczajowością przyjmuje już formę graniczną – wtedy sięgam po książki Zygmunta Baumana…
