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Iocanepowder · 28/11/2025 09:42

RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 09:34

can you link my reply? 🤔 i meant polish parents help their young adults more than here. Its more common here to be left by yourself once you are 18-20 years old, or pay towards the cost of living. In poland it is common to live with parents a long time if possible or parents to pay for your accommodation close to uni etc. I have not heard of kids giving any money once they have even a part time job just because they live with parents. Obviously if you really can’t afford it then yes, i guess your child would help

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Ah yes ok! Thanks :) Yes my kids are only little but it’s already on my mind about saving to help with costs when they are older.

User5306921 · 28/11/2025 09:46

RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 08:19

We start school after we turn 6, go to uni when around 18-19 years old and university is usually another 5 years. Longer if medicine etc. Our one lesson is 45 minutes and we have 5-20mins break after each lesson, we can have from 4 to 7 lessons daily, never finish at the same time every day like here, we get annual lessons plan though. We have homework from each lesson/subject daily, the young kids as well, our grades are from 1-6 (one obviously the worst).

no idea why we look so grumpy! We all know that😂

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Thanks for answering.
The Polish family said school is hard and there is no emphasis in the joy of learning there? It’s all work. But I wondered also about the uni system. Are kids separated early into academic v non academic like they are in eg Germany? So unless they achieve high results early, they are put down the vocational route?

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RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 09:48

Here the £80 child benefit would buy you approximately 8 Aptamils..in poland 800 pln they get would buy 13 of them. And you ger the same amount on your second child as well. Maternity leave is amazing now, you get one 1 year full pay and you can be off for 2 years (second unpaid) without loosing your job. But finding a job with these benefits is harder. Here you are employed or self employed, over there we have different ways of employing people and sometimes you dont get the same benefits which i am afraid is the case very often.

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RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 09:54

User5306921 · 28/11/2025 09:46

Thanks for answering.
The Polish family said school is hard and there is no emphasis in the joy of learning there? It’s all work. But I wondered also about the uni system. Are kids separated early into academic v non academic like they are in eg Germany? So unless they achieve high results early, they are put down the vocational route?

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I am not sure how it is in germany but no we don’t separate 🤔 not sure how it would work though to be fair.

and yes, school is work and it is a lot of studying. Fun part is whats hapenning on breaks and after school!😂 since education is also free almost everyone has masters, sometimes “only” bachelor degree🤷🏻‍♀️ doesnt help with finding a job

job ads are also annoying as they never ever give you an estimated salary! You have to apply and then you find out as if it is a top secret🙄

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RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 09:56

RealReginaPhalange · 28/11/2025 09:48

Here the £80 child benefit would buy you approximately 8 Aptamils..in poland 800 pln they get would buy 13 of them. And you ger the same amount on your second child as well. Maternity leave is amazing now, you get one 1 year full pay and you can be off for 2 years (second unpaid) without loosing your job. But finding a job with these benefits is harder. Here you are employed or self employed, over there we have different ways of employing people and sometimes you dont get the same benefits which i am afraid is the case very often.

Forgot to add all of these and government help is also fairly recent. When i was leaving 17 years ago none of this was in place or not as good. I remember my mom saying she had only 3 months maternity leave, unpaid or some low payments, don’t remember now (as a teacher) and i am in my mid 30s so it has shifted a bit!

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