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A short survey about Poland (for Americans who have been to Poland)


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Faye86Threads: 1
Joined: Jan 20, 12
 Jan 20, 12, 20:51    #1
Hello everybody! We are students from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. We are tasked with conducting a short survey among American people who have been to Poland. We would appreciate it if you could spare us some of your time. You will find the survey below:

First, some questions about you:

1. Your gender: male female
2. How old are you? …...
3. What American state are you from? …………………….

Now, some questions about the visit(s) you paid to Poland:

4. How many times have you visited Poland so far?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) more

5. What is the total time you spent in Poland during ALL your visits:
a) a week or less
b) 2 weeks - 1 month
c) 1-6 months
d) around 1 year
e) more than 1 year

6. What was the purpose of your visit(s)? [check all applicable]
a) work, tourism and leisure,
b) study, missionary / religious purposes,
c) meeting you family,
d) other:………………………………..

7. Did someone help you in your preparations for the trip by giving you information about Poland?: [check all applicable]
a) no, not at all;
b) yes, people on the Internet;
c) yes, family members/ my colleagues/ my friends
d) yes, students that were on an exchange in Poland;
e) yes, people at the travel agency;

Now something about your personal experience in this matter:

8. What stereotypes had you had about Poles before you visited Poland for the first time?
…………………………………………………………………………………………..

9. Did Poles matched you stereotypes or expectations?
a) yes, completely;
b) yes, to some extent;
c) no, not at all
10. Try to name some differences between Poles and Americans
………………………………………………………………………………………….

11. Would you be willing to live in Poland for a period longer than a year? [yes / no]

12. Would you be willing to work with Poles? [yes / no]

13. Would you be willing to accept a Pole as a member of you distant family? [yes / no]

14. Would you be willing to accept a Pole as a member of your immediate family (e.g. your child's or sibling's partner)? [yes / no]

15. Would you be willing to have a Polish wife or husband? [yes / no]

16. If so, would you prefer to raise your children in the USA or in Poland? [ the USA / Poland / doesn't matter]


The last part concerns the way you would describe Polish issues mentioned below to the people you know in your country. Please, write down briefly how would you describe the following:


17. Polish man:
………………………………………………………………………………………….

18. Polish woman:
……………………………………………………………………………………………

19. Poland as a place to live in:
……………………………………………………………………………………………

20. Poland as a place to study (leave this blank if you weren't involved in Polish educational system):
…………………………………………………………………………………………….

21. Poland as a place to make business:
……………………………………………………………………………………………


Please post your answers on this thread or send them to: intercultural.com@o2.pl

Much obliged

Agnieszka, Joanna, Karolina, Roksana
WizardThreads: 1
Posts: 18
Joined: May 17, 12
 May 18, 12, 11:47    #2
No previous stereotypes about Poland before I went, but the overall impression after I went was not good. It seems like a third world country, and the people behave third world, like, they keep to themselves, they don't trust one another. It's creepy and uncomfortable. They are definitely not happy people. What I mean is, they don't seem content with what they they have. They present themselves as greedy people in general. They are nice when you speak a conversation with them, but there is an undercurrent of distrust from them, and lack of self esteem. They give the impression that they are superior to others, that they know better than others, but you can tell its a front for mental or emotional weakness. They seem like morally and emotionally weak people, emotionally because they don't express emotions (and most educated people know that there are healthy ways to express emotions and thoughts, and that if bottled up and unexpressed, it creates the worst type of personality conflict). Morally weak because it seems that they know better but when it comes to actually doing the right action, they don't, they rather serve themselves. Very selfish people. They value older people in their families and communities regardless of how badly the older people misbehave, whereas in healthy societies, elders are older people who act their age and are respected, whereas older people who do not behave according to their station are not respected as having the wisdom of a true elder, and is a much healthier, fair alternative). Very dysfunctional. Overall, Polish mentality and society is broken down and will take generations to improve if at all.
peterwegThreads: 35
Posts: 1,997
Joined: Feb 16, 07
 May 18, 12, 14:18    #3
Recent survey said; Poles are the most pro-EU country and had the most positive attitude to believe their lives would get better, almost remarkably so. This was even though they were comparatively poor.
irishguy11Threads: 14
Posts: 173
Joined: Sep 3, 11
 May 18, 12, 15:37    #4
Wizard, seeing that you are one of the few redneck american's that have a passport and then traveled, you must be disappointed with what you find.

You are calling Poland a lot of names.

Lets see, america has a lot of shooting's in schools , does poland?

America was the biggest importer of slaves. America wants cheese on top of everything. America wants to put its arms on Polish soil to point at Russia. The biggest fear in the american armed forces is friendly fire. Americans like to **** off the countries that they invade in the name of freedom, why do they take pictures of themselves ****ing on dead people.

By the way your the biggest troll ever and I hate to respond to this crap, but you started it.

Do us all a favor, rip up your passport, marry your cousin and stay in the land of the free



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