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Helena Themes (Migration transition (claimed that 'knowing the…

- - - - 'I just I went with the mindset of ‘right that’s it, I’m just gonna make it’. Whereas before I didn’t really want to so I think I had more agency there cos I was driven by my own personal choice really. '
- - - - but says it's not her problem if someone else finds her identity uncomfortable: 'I just know how people are going to see me once I say that I’m Polish. People are going to have a certain view of you but I’m not embarrassed of it, it’s more that it’s their problem. They maybe get uncomfortable but it’s their problem.''
- - - - 'In general Poland only being recently independent really, sovereign, has had a big impact on the education system because it’s very much making sure that we’re learning about the history of Poland, making sure that we know the literature, making sure it’s very big on geography and all the rivers in Poland. Geography is compulsory, history is compulsory it’s not like in England you can pick if you want to do it, you have to do it you know.'
- - - - 'The education system is so different that you can’t really compare and translate them or convert the grades... I actually did a Spa Therapy course for three months (laughs) so now I’m a qualified spa therapist. The reason why I did it is that they told me that when I’m 19 I can do the Access to Higher Education course, so that’s what I did I just waited for a year and did something else in the meantime.'