"The world has shrunk a lot in recent decades, and many people settle in countries where they can find better opportunities for themselves and their families. Should those who choose to live in a foreign country be required to learn its official language? If you know some real-life stories or problems related to the question, share them with us. Present your opinions on your blogs before October ends."


First thing that came to mind mind after reading our "october task" was my stay in England. Two years ago I worked there for two months in a candle factory. There were only Polish people working and English people administrating. The strangest thing was that only few of them knew English, on a very basic level. As a result, the owner of this factory decided to promote one Polish woman to translate everything and to control our work. The problem was, she was insanely stupid.
I don't usually judge people or say such mean things about them, but in this particular case I was really frustrated, so forgive me my harshness. I've been there for only six weeks so somehow I managed to cope with her, but every time I think about people who are still working there, I get really sad. They come from very different parts of Poland, very diverse social groups, they all decided to leave Poland to make a living somewhere else. The thing is, they get the minimum wage and they work in very hard conditions. 
Our task was to clean and pack candles, we did it for about 12 hours a day, everyday. That was about 5 thousand candles cleaned and packed per person. Don't get me wrong, I felt very thankful to be given that opportunity, I saved some money and I was really glad since I have absolutely nothing against hard work. But then again, I knew it was only for six weeks.
But let's come back to the story of this silly Polish girl who was in charge of communication. She's doing her nails almost every week, she bought herself a huge apartment and she really earns a lot of money. But believe me, her English skills have nothing to do with the real English communication. 
My problem is that many of the people I met are very hard working, they need this money to live, they miss Poland very much yet all they earn they spend for rent, food and transport to factory every day. They could earn more, they could get the money they really deserve for such a hard work, the problem is, they are not capable of expressing their demands. They are so petrified with the idea of speaking English, that they just do their job and let the silly lady humiliate them every day. 
So what I'm trying to say is that people shoud learn at least the very basics of the language spoken in the country their going to, otherwise they may become victims of a very unfair division of responsibilities.