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An interview with Dutch students
Have you ever wondered what do foreigners think about Poland? Thanks to our Dutch friends from Amersfoort, you now have a chance to find out.
Dominika Rembowska: What did you know about Poland and Poles before you took part in the exchange?
Jur Boots: Not much (laughter).
DR: Ok. Not much, that is...?
JB: Nothing.
DR: Did anyone know something?
Jolijn Kerbergen: It used to be communist...
DR: Well that's something!
JB: And some prejudice.
DR: Like?
JB: In Netherlands we have lots of Poles who clean our windows (laughter)
DJ: Poland Has recently joined the European Union.
DR: Ok that's better.
(laughter)
DR: What strikes you as familiar in Poland? In the countryside? In politics? In economy? In people?
JB: Hmmmm
DR: We've got H&M.
(laughter)
JB: Not much. I'm sorry, I can't think of anything right now.
DR: We all speak English for example�
Dionne Steinbeck: Yeaaah.
DR: Come on! Wake up people!
DS: Shops, certain shops.
Dre van Oorschot: Soda.
DR: What is the most exotic thing you found in Poland/Poles or about Poland/Poles?
JB: Language is very...
DvO: .....exotic....
JB: A lot of k's In your language� I don't know it sounds very....
DR: ....exotic right.
Thomas: Different letters mean different things. For example l's are like straight forwards and "w" it's like another v, and in Netherlands we have just "v".
JB: You should just get used to it, I think.
DR: We have mountains.
(laughter)
DS: Yeah, the countryside is different.
DR: How exactly it is different , do you think?
JK: The relief, and also the colours of the houses, lots of churches.
DvO: Your towns are way bigger, but you have less towns so... and there is bigger distance between different villages and towns.
DR: Did you learn any Polish words or phrases? Is the Polish language difficult?
Thomas: I forgot!
DR: Ok allow me to rephrase it. Do you know any Polish word or phrase that is actually not a curse? Or something pleasant?
DS: Na zdrowie!
JB: Only curses...
(laughter)
JB: Yes is Tak and No is Nie.
DR: Can you see any difference between being an IB student in Pozna� and in Amersfoort?
DJ: Well it's our first lesson so it's hard to tell.
DR: And like, from stories, do you know anything?
DS: Your class is way bigger and you can have less classes, like 3 or more different lesson.
DR: Can you see any difference between living in a Polish family and in a Dutch one?
JB: Nothing really.
DvO: You have to travel more.
DR: Well some of you, some live closer.
DvO: Well, right.
DR: The Netherlands are a country of the water. Is this fact important in the life of an average Dutch person?
JB: No.
DR: Beautiful.
JB: Well we are proud of it, but there is no improvement in our lives because of it.
JK: Well, some people are really afraid of foods.
DS: It's important in winter, because of ice - skating.
(laughter)
DR: Right. The Netherlands are still a monarchy but there seems to be much less discussion about it than in Britain. Why?
JB: Because we don't really care about what the monarchy is doing in our country.
JK: It's not really influential.
DS: No I think in Britain it is more influential than in the Netherlands and that's why there is less discussion.
Thomas: I think most Dutch people agree with it and are happy with it, so if they are happy with it they won�t really complain about it.
DR: The Netherlands have a lot of experience concerning the drugs policy. Is the experience positive? Should Europe or the whole world follow the Dutch example to solve the problem of drug-addiction?
JB: We don't hear lot about it. I think our laws concerning drugs are pretty good.
DvO: I think if you make it legal it's actually better. Because people want to have drugs anyway. But otherwise they will get it through criminality, so by legalizing it you actually decrease crimes.
DS: Yes I think he is right.
DR: The xenophobic anti-immigrant attack against Poles started by Geert Wilders from the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands created a lot of controversy in Poland. What is your opinion about the state policy towards immigrants in your country?
JB: I don't know lot a bout it, but I think Geert Wilders is....can I say retard? He is a retard. Some ideas are good though, but most of them are s**t.
DvO: You are a part of EU so you have right to come.
DS: His remarks about Poles were not as bad as those about Turkish people and Moroccans.
DR: So we should be glad.
(laughter)
DS: He is a freak.
DR: During the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 unexpectedly the Polish skater Br�dka won the 1500 race against the Dutch skater Verweij. There was only 0.003 seconds difference. The Dutch media criticized the referees and announced that there should be two gold medals. What do you think?
JB: We didn't really care about it.
Thomas: We won enough races.
(laughter)
JK: And if he won, even with such a small difference, he won.
DS: Just we can't stand losing in Holland, I think, when it's about ice-skating and I think that's a problem.
Have you ever wondered what do foreigners think about Poland? Thanks to our Dutch friends from Amersfoort, you now have a chance to find out.
Dominika Rembowska: What did you know about Poland and Poles before you took part in the exchange?
Jur Boots: Not much (laughter).
DR: Ok. Not much, that is...?
JB: Nothing.
DR: Did anyone know something?
Jolijn Kerbergen: It used to be communist...
DR: Well that's something!
JB: And some prejudice.
DR: Like?
JB: In Netherlands we have lots of Poles who clean our windows (laughter)
DJ: Poland Has recently joined the European Union.
DR: Ok that's better.
(laughter)
DR: What strikes you as familiar in Poland? In the countryside? In politics? In economy? In people?
JB: Hmmmm
DR: We've got H&M.
(laughter)
JB: Not much. I'm sorry, I can't think of anything right now.
DR: We all speak English for example�
Dionne Steinbeck: Yeaaah.
DR: Come on! Wake up people!
DS: Shops, certain shops.
Dre van Oorschot: Soda.
DR: What is the most exotic thing you found in Poland/Poles or about Poland/Poles?
JB: Language is very...
DvO: .....exotic....
JB: A lot of k's In your language� I don't know it sounds very....
DR: ....exotic right.
Thomas: Different letters mean different things. For example l's are like straight forwards and "w" it's like another v, and in Netherlands we have just "v".
JB: You should just get used to it, I think.
DR: We have mountains.
(laughter)
DS: Yeah, the countryside is different.
DR: How exactly it is different , do you think?
JK: The relief, and also the colours of the houses, lots of churches.
DvO: Your towns are way bigger, but you have less towns so... and there is bigger distance between different villages and towns.
DR: Did you learn any Polish words or phrases? Is the Polish language difficult?
Thomas: I forgot!
DR: Ok allow me to rephrase it. Do you know any Polish word or phrase that is actually not a curse? Or something pleasant?
DS: Na zdrowie!
JB: Only curses...
(laughter)
JB: Yes is Tak and No is Nie.
DR: Can you see any difference between being an IB student in Pozna� and in Amersfoort?
DJ: Well it's our first lesson so it's hard to tell.
DR: And like, from stories, do you know anything?
DS: Your class is way bigger and you can have less classes, like 3 or more different lesson.
DR: Can you see any difference between living in a Polish family and in a Dutch one?
JB: Nothing really.
DvO: You have to travel more.
DR: Well some of you, some live closer.
DvO: Well, right.
DR: The Netherlands are a country of the water. Is this fact important in the life of an average Dutch person?
JB: No.
DR: Beautiful.
JB: Well we are proud of it, but there is no improvement in our lives because of it.
JK: Well, some people are really afraid of foods.
DS: It's important in winter, because of ice - skating.
(laughter)
DR: Right. The Netherlands are still a monarchy but there seems to be much less discussion about it than in Britain. Why?
JB: Because we don't really care about what the monarchy is doing in our country.
JK: It's not really influential.
DS: No I think in Britain it is more influential than in the Netherlands and that's why there is less discussion.
Thomas: I think most Dutch people agree with it and are happy with it, so if they are happy with it they won�t really complain about it.
DR: The Netherlands have a lot of experience concerning the drugs policy. Is the experience positive? Should Europe or the whole world follow the Dutch example to solve the problem of drug-addiction?
JB: We don't hear lot about it. I think our laws concerning drugs are pretty good.
DvO: I think if you make it legal it's actually better. Because people want to have drugs anyway. But otherwise they will get it through criminality, so by legalizing it you actually decrease crimes.
DS: Yes I think he is right.
DR: The xenophobic anti-immigrant attack against Poles started by Geert Wilders from the Party for Freedom in the Netherlands created a lot of controversy in Poland. What is your opinion about the state policy towards immigrants in your country?
JB: I don't know lot a bout it, but I think Geert Wilders is....can I say retard? He is a retard. Some ideas are good though, but most of them are s**t.
DvO: You are a part of EU so you have right to come.
DS: His remarks about Poles were not as bad as those about Turkish people and Moroccans.
DR: So we should be glad.
(laughter)
DS: He is a freak.
DR: During the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014 unexpectedly the Polish skater Br�dka won the 1500 race against the Dutch skater Verweij. There was only 0.003 seconds difference. The Dutch media criticized the referees and announced that there should be two gold medals. What do you think?
JB: We didn't really care about it.
Thomas: We won enough races.
(laughter)
JK: And if he won, even with such a small difference, he won.
DS: Just we can't stand losing in Holland, I think, when it's about ice-skating and I think that's a problem.
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