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Post by jimpres on Dec 22, 2005 9:49:32 GMT -7
Does anyone on the list have contact with a local American High School. While in Poland I gave a talk at a Polish High School in Rypin and they asked if I could find a sister High School in America. The students would like to correspond via the internet. The class was an English language class. Thanks, Jim
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Post by gardenmoma on Dec 22, 2005 12:01:46 GMT -7
Jim...
Glad you are back and I look forward to hearing more about your trip.
First...To answer your question, I will put out some feelers. We have a regional high school and the women who runs the Russian program lives in our town. They have a Russian exchange every other year.
About how many students? Is this envisioned as a student-to-student thing, or a class project - you say a "siter high school." If a student-to-student thing, there might be some high school students from our church who would be interested.
Did you speak to the students in Polish or English? What did you speak about? How large was the class? How was this set up? How large was the school? (Our regional highschools tend to be large with a heterogeneous population.
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Post by nancy on Dec 22, 2005 12:04:32 GMT -7
Hi Jim,
I'm glad to see you are back (and back with us!). I can't help with the high school connection, but I too would love to hear more about your trip, your talk, etc.
Nancy
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Post by Jaga on Dec 22, 2005 17:01:12 GMT -7
Jim,
I am so glad to see you back! I do not have any personal contacts with any american highschool but let me mention about it in our newsletter which I will send today.
How was it in Poland? Please, write about your stay in Poland a bit more!
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Post by suzanne on Dec 22, 2005 18:05:58 GMT -7
Welcome back Jim! I hope you had a great trip.
Unfortunately I don't have any direct contacts with any US high schools, but a local translators' group I belong to has an Internet message board, so I'll put out the word for anyone to contact me if they know of a high school class who may be interested. I'll let you know if anyone responds.
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Post by justjohn on Dec 23, 2005 5:28:44 GMT -7
Jim,
Welcome back. Hope the trip went well. Reading your post made me think that we may have some contacts on one of these forums from around the Chicago area. I would think that a high school with a predominant Polish American student population would fit nicely.
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Post by nancy on Dec 23, 2005 7:41:46 GMT -7
Reading JJ's post made me remember our own Hussar (Tomek). He is in high school in Connecticut and in an area where there is a large Polish-American community.
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Post by bescheid on Dec 23, 2005 9:21:11 GMT -7
Jim
Welcom back! I would emgagine you need some time to your self for catching up...it will be interesting to here of your trip and experiences..
Charles
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Post by jimpres on Dec 27, 2005 8:17:31 GMT -7
My Trip to Poland December 2005. Like always I seem to get stuck in Chicago. When I got to Chicago I had to wait 6 hours for the plane from Warsaw. Luckily I have a Freq Flyer card and sat in the lounge for that time. I was met by my relative in Warsaw. Bolek, Mietec and Zenek they came in a TICO and I had four bags of stuff. I usually travel with one bag. If you have ever seen those comedy skits with lots of people in one care you can imagine four big guys in a TICO with four large bags. Yes, we had one on each lap except the driver Bolek. We drove to the Minister Interior and Admin. Guard said wrong gate go around the block. Around the block they said wrong building. The MIA has 7 building in Warsaw. We finally found the right one and got what we needed. From there we drove to Okalewo after dropping off Mietec in Warsaw. A little more room now in the TICO. We arrived about 8PM. As you can guess we have supper. Duck soup, meat, bread compot and of course tea and coffee. No snow on the ground yet but the temperature was in the high 20's. I had brought a lot of baby clothes for the daughter who has a one month old baby girl. So I unpacked everthing and handed it out to the relatives. Saturday we went to church for confession. A tradition in Poland but not sure its followed here. And Sunday was anther day of rest and mass at noon. Monday we drove to Skrwilno and registeredwith the Gmina. So now I have an address there until the end of February. I was asked by a student at one of the high schools in Rypin to speak to the English language class. On Wednesday at 10am I went to the school with my cousin to talk to the students. The class was double the size since many students wanted to hear english as spoken by an American. What I did was start by telling a little about my self and experiences. I spoke some about San Diego as well. There were not many questions but one was "If I come to the US can I be rich and famous", also one on the "X box". and "Do I see any movie stars in SD." These were the typical 17/18 year old questions. I explained that getting your education was most important then you can try and become famous but the percentage is small for those who achive it. And as you all know 'rich and famous' is relative to the observer and has a range of life styles. We did make Polish sausage and kiska while I was there. I visited my niece in Torun she is in her second year there. The dorms there are coed but you need to get bussed into the building and go to the desk to register or check in. My niece has two room mates in a small room with three cots in it. I also had some English language documents translated into Polish in Torun. It had to be done by a certified translator. Cost was 35pln a page. Picked up some nice amber gifts for my daughter in Torun as well. The drive home was late at night we left about 8pm and the fog was pretty bad. I could only see about 30-40 meters. We did get home about 11pm safe and sound. One of the days we helped build a septic tank for a new house. Basically a concrete structure with pipes running from the home. I will stop for now and write a little more later on.
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Post by suzanne on Dec 30, 2005 8:30:04 GMT -7
Jim, For the high school students you spoke to: I learned of a website, www.epals.com, whereby student classrooms can have e-mail penpal exchanges with student classrooms in other countries. Maybe this is a way for them to find a sister H.S.?
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Post by jimpres on Dec 30, 2005 8:46:24 GMT -7
Suzanne,
I'll check out epals thanks
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