The PEOPLE Make it WORK!

My experience with the Polish Participants in my 4 different programs this summer was 100% positive. Wonderful country and soulful people! With my fellow Native Speakers, about 90% positive. Some judgemental folks showed up, others not nearly as qualified as they should be. My Co-ordinators were all sincere (both Native Speaker and Polish) and by and large did an excellent job. The pre-printed sheets of "suggested" dialogue were not the best, and often contained grammatical and spelling errors. As for the corporate people running this, they should be ashamed of themselves for what the charge the Polish Participants, given how little they pay the Co-ordinators, and that the hardest working folks (people like me) are volunteers--a fact Corporate tries to hide from the Polish Participants (shameful). They are raking in money exploiting others, and provide precious little in physical support (markers, papers, pads, etc.) to help the program run. What makes it work are the BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE that are brought together who truly CARE about what they are doing. I challenge any of the corporate folks in Poland to meet with me before next year's programs to improve, as I will definitely volunteer again.