Unfortunately for me the directions given for how to get to the lecture hall are less than ideal (see picture). But seeing as I had been there once I decided to give it a try. I wandered around becoming more and more distressed until I finally arrived 10 minutes late. Our professor had made it clear that latecomers would be subjected to ridicule, but as I hesitated outside the auditorium room I realized that I would be more upset by missing the lecture than by suffering his comments on my late arrival. But all was well and I learned about the Jagiellonian dynasty and its impact on the political and economic history of Poland. The second lecture was also good since it was about Marxist theory and the implementation of socialism in Poland after WWII. I'm sure my teacher will ask me tomorrow where my book is, to which I'll reply "nie ma" (there's none).
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A truly Polish experience
As it turns out, we need to acquire the reading materials for our classes. Many of these are located in the main (głowny) bookstore which is 5 tram stops away. Our teachers have made strong suggestions that we acquire the books by tomorrow, so today after five hours of class, I asked the teacher if I should skip lunch and go down to the main square and get the books (actually only one is required), and her answer was yes. Against her advice I had a quick dinner then bravely searched for the store in question, with about 1 hour of time until my next class. Well... I navigated successfully to my desired tram stop, located the store, then tried to locate the section where the language books are kept. Once there I realized that my book was not available, a suspicion which was quickly confirmed by the (brisk) cashier. Having only 2o minutes left to get to my "History of Poland" lecture, I raced back toward the west of town, sans book. 
Unfortunately for me the directions given for how to get to the lecture hall are less than ideal (see picture). But seeing as I had been there once I decided to give it a try. I wandered around becoming more and more distressed until I finally arrived 10 minutes late. Our professor had made it clear that latecomers would be subjected to ridicule, but as I hesitated outside the auditorium room I realized that I would be more upset by missing the lecture than by suffering his comments on my late arrival. But all was well and I learned about the Jagiellonian dynasty and its impact on the political and economic history of Poland. The second lecture was also good since it was about Marxist theory and the implementation of socialism in Poland after WWII. I'm sure my teacher will ask me tomorrow where my book is, to which I'll reply "nie ma" (there's none).
Unfortunately for me the directions given for how to get to the lecture hall are less than ideal (see picture). But seeing as I had been there once I decided to give it a try. I wandered around becoming more and more distressed until I finally arrived 10 minutes late. Our professor had made it clear that latecomers would be subjected to ridicule, but as I hesitated outside the auditorium room I realized that I would be more upset by missing the lecture than by suffering his comments on my late arrival. But all was well and I learned about the Jagiellonian dynasty and its impact on the political and economic history of Poland. The second lecture was also good since it was about Marxist theory and the implementation of socialism in Poland after WWII. I'm sure my teacher will ask me tomorrow where my book is, to which I'll reply "nie ma" (there's none).
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