Do you like literature classes in school

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As you know I'm Polish
I wonder if the people especially in the west , think about the Polish language . Have any of you ever tried to teach him , or at least learn any language of the Slavic language group.

Here in Poland , the school teaches the course of Polish Language and two selected by the student of a foreign language , although when I went to school and fortunately he was obliged to learn only one foreign language , I chose English . Now the children are much worse because they have to learn two(The choice is free but in practice, the choice is limited to English and German and sometimes a Romance language like French, Italian, Spanish), but most school districts cut costs, and offers only English, German, besides these languages ​​are the most popular among students and their parents.) . I have to admit that English grammar is easier than my native Polish , a little bit of trouble caused me the damn irregular verbs , but it was not a big deal . Languages ​​like English , both Polish and English , caused me a problem because I'm dyslexic.


The lessons of my "beloved" Polish language caused me a lot of "(un)pleasure" because in addition to learning the language, read school reading, for both Polish and world writers. (Henryk Sienkiewicz, Adam Mickiewicz, Czeslaw Milosz, Julius Słowiacki , Count Aleksander Fredro, known for his comedy and obscene stories, which of course were not official reading, but we the students really liked them ) (William Shakespeare, Moliere, Miguel de Cervantes, Jules Verne (liked the guy) George Orwell (also liked him, banned under communism in Poland, but from what I heard some stubborn Polish language teachers, taught it students from illegal Polish translations commies could kick them out but some of them don't care of it., when I went to school it was already official reading). liked also Charles Dickens, Mark Twain. while I did not like Pushkin and Tolstoy's War and Peace is far too long in my opinion)

Many of my colleagues sincerely hated the Greek classics, Sophocles and Homer.

In Poland, was once a very popular American cartoon, The Simpsons.
I remember once I was on vacation at a summer camp. I spoke with colleagues about the readings on the Polish language, for the upcoming school year. A friend of mine joked that if it is written by Homer Simpson, it must be stupid and boring

I did not understand the joke, because I have not watched the Simpsons, after returning home I started to watch, but from what I remember, this cartoon is not liked by my parents

As I talk with friends, touched on the subject of other reading, as I asked my friend, króry from me was a year older, with a reading of "Oedipus the King", my friend said it was about a guy who f**k his own mother. He added, too, that those ancient Greeks are terrible perverts,: D

On graduation exam from the Polish language in high school.

I compare the figure of a knight, from three selected historical periods. I chose Achiles (antiquity), Knight Roland from songs of Roland (the Middle Ages) and Don Quixote (Early Modern). It was an oral examination from presentation.

The written exam was to write an essay on the Polish literary work there were also questions about other autoróws, questions were open and closed (A, B, C, D) time limit for the written part from the Polish language, but also for the examination from foreign language was, 90 minutes I had 120 minutes because of dyslexia and dysgraphia. Unfortunately, the written part from Polish language I failed, fortunately only the written part of the exam, I had to repeat next year, and I passed. I got a fairly average result from the written examination from a foreign language, or in my case the English language.

Other subjects I have gone much better.

Now our Polish Ministry of Education found that the curriculum in Polish schools, with a strong emphasis on the subjects of philology and the humanities than Natural Sciences, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, astronomy.

Once the Minister of Education, who was a physicist by profession .

He said, Polish, English, History and Civics, who needs them?
Poland needs serious research and not idlers.

This resulted in a loud protest Polish humanists

It was to be of Polish language and wrote out about our Polish education system.

Poland has quite an interesting history, and quite a lot of inspiration for writers.

The Polish language is rather difficult to learn for English speakers. For one: the spelling of Polish; for two: there are many more inflection in Polish than there are in English--there are more ending for verbs, depending upon gender, case, quantity (number), whether you're talking to an elder or a younger person, etc). Then again, that's what's so interesting about languages.

ironically, the language of the most "primitive" people (such as indigenous people) are usually more complex than the language of those who are "advanced" as to "level" of civilization.