Polish national pride

1. POLISH
NATIONAL PRIDE

2. What are the biggest
Polish
National Proud?
Here are the results
of a survey
amoung our students…

3. „Heroism of Polish in the past”
Under
partitions –
1772-1918

4. During the
First World
War

5. …
the Second
World War …

7. And during communism time

12. „Freedom”

13. „Freedom of movement”

14. „… UE and NATO membership …”

15. „Nobel Prize for Polish:
Maria Skłodowska-Curie – Nobel Prize for Science,
Władysław Reymont - Nobel Prize for Literature
Henryk Sienkiewicz - Nobel Prize for Literature
Lech Wałęsa – Nobel Prize for Peace
Czesław Miłosz - Nobel Prize for Literature
Wisława Szymborska - Nobel Prize for Literature”.

16. „The Pope –John Paul II”

17. „Kopernik, Chopin, Mickiewicz and
Polański...
Adam Mickiewicz
Fryderyk Chopin

18. Kapuściński i Sapkowski”.
Andrzej Sapkowski
Roman Polański

19. „…world-famous cryptographers
Marian Rejewski
…and airmen from the
battle of England”
Enigma

20. „philosophers, like Kołakowski –
a Polish-born Oxford philosopher”

21. „Olympic gold medalists”
Krzysztof Hołowczyc, Paris-Dackar
Justyna Kowalczyk
Tomasz Majewski

22. • our sportsmen, especially disabled ones
• our students, who win ICT competitions in
the USA
• our lower secondary students and teachers (!)
– who are among the best ones in Europe
according to the last PISA Exam results
(Reading and Maths)

23. „World famous musicians and
composers- e.g. Górecki, Penderecki …
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Krzysztof Penderecki

24. and singers e.g. Beczała, Dudziak”
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Urszula Dudziak

25. „Polish products:
Buses „Solaris”

26. Trams and trains „Pesa” produced in
Bydgoszcz

27. Cosmetix Inglot
Żubrówka
Dumplings
Prince Polo

28. Windows
Furniture Food
Computer games

29. According to the
CBOS survey (2008)
Polish are proud
when they hear
about:
• Successes of Polish
sportsmen and
sportswomen
• John Paul II
• When we are abroad
• National culture, tradition
and art
• Polish history
• Successes, and
achievements of Poland and
Polish in the country and
abroad
• National Days

30. • Polish international activities
• Good opinion about Poland and Polish
• Education and condition of Polish science
• Anthem and national colours
• Their hardworking, and working Poles abroad
• When they contact with foreigners
• When they are employed
• Polish economy and economic stabilization

31. • Development of the country
• Charitable activities (WOŚP, Caritas)
• Soldiers on foreign missions
• The beauty of the country, nature, historical
monuments
• In general, when something good happens
• Celebrities, national heroes
• The overthrow of communism
• "Solidarity„
• EU membership

32. Thank you