Considering how much attention Poland is getting these days, now would be a really good time to have a proper soft power policy and begin to implement it
c0ntextPL on
I live in the UK and I can confidently say that literally no country other than the UK is represented in history. All British history and it’s so annoying. The only two things we learn about that aren’t related to Britain are the Russian Revolution and Nazi Germany. We will be learning some more Nazi stuff in Year 10 I believe so hopefully I actually learn about something else other than Britain
Ambitious-Fix-6406 on
Nobody cares.
EconomySwordfish5 on
Norman Davies giving himself a little shout out there.
LoloVirginia on
Aaahh, Norman Davies, the greatest bootlicker of Poland outside of Poland.
If Poland would be as important as he states, there would be no need to remind other countries of its importance
YanniSlavv on
Not to mention 0 representation in media.
danrokk on
This is important topic and people don’t recognize it as such which is sad. I live in the US but I was born in Poland.
Poland is and has been doing extreme amount of good, but it assumes that the word would be out so everybody knows. This is not the case in real world. Countries are actively overriding the history and unfortunately Poland has to do the same. Example? Poland being one of the largest donor of military equipment to the Ukraine, but German institude that publish military help data counts „promised and delivered” aid together which makes countries like Germany (coincidence?) look better than they actually are.
Wintermute841 on
Norman Davies kinda stating the obvious here, ever since Poland regained its independence from the Soviets it has been downright terrible at promoting its proper image, knowledge about it and historical accuracy pertaining to it abroad.
SpringAcceptable1453 on
I mean… Just because there are no dedicated Polish studies doesn’t mean there is no place for Poland in the whole educational program.
I’m French and i remember spending a whole lot of time on Poland.
Through PL-LT commonwealth, Teutonic wars, Warsaw confederation, the multiple wars involving either Russia or Prussia, Duchy of Warsaw, the various kings and nobles having relations with our own… And the whole 20th century European history program spends a lot of time in Poland.
But yeah having dedicated Polish studies program would be a huge plus for those who want to dive in!
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Their loss I guess
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Umm……. Chicago would like a word
Considering how much attention Poland is getting these days, now would be a really good time to have a proper soft power policy and begin to implement it
I live in the UK and I can confidently say that literally no country other than the UK is represented in history. All British history and it’s so annoying. The only two things we learn about that aren’t related to Britain are the Russian Revolution and Nazi Germany. We will be learning some more Nazi stuff in Year 10 I believe so hopefully I actually learn about something else other than Britain
Nobody cares.
Norman Davies giving himself a little shout out there.
Aaahh, Norman Davies, the greatest bootlicker of Poland outside of Poland.
If Poland would be as important as he states, there would be no need to remind other countries of its importance
Not to mention 0 representation in media.
This is important topic and people don’t recognize it as such which is sad. I live in the US but I was born in Poland.
Poland is and has been doing extreme amount of good, but it assumes that the word would be out so everybody knows. This is not the case in real world. Countries are actively overriding the history and unfortunately Poland has to do the same. Example? Poland being one of the largest donor of military equipment to the Ukraine, but German institude that publish military help data counts „promised and delivered” aid together which makes countries like Germany (coincidence?) look better than they actually are.
Norman Davies kinda stating the obvious here, ever since Poland regained its independence from the Soviets it has been downright terrible at promoting its proper image, knowledge about it and historical accuracy pertaining to it abroad.
I mean… Just because there are no dedicated Polish studies doesn’t mean there is no place for Poland in the whole educational program.
I’m French and i remember spending a whole lot of time on Poland.
Through PL-LT commonwealth, Teutonic wars, Warsaw confederation, the multiple wars involving either Russia or Prussia, Duchy of Warsaw, the various kings and nobles having relations with our own… And the whole 20th century European history program spends a lot of time in Poland.
But yeah having dedicated Polish studies program would be a huge plus for those who want to dive in!