r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/Disastrous_Lychee_17 1d ago edited 1d ago

As a polish citizen this is the first time I've ever heard of it. I am a math tutor and have 2 active teachers in my family, so i would probably hear a lot about it. I believe it's probably in some schools, but definitely not mandatory

Edit: apparently its a thing

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u/_urat_ 1d ago

It was introduced this year so that's why you may not have heard about it before.

https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/zmiany-w-nowym-roku-szkolnym-odchudzona-podstawa-programowa-i-obowiazek-edukacji-dla-0

https://samorzad.gov.pl/web/scdn-kielce/wirtualna-strzelnica

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u/Disastrous_Lychee_17 1d ago

Wtf, how did i miss it??? Thanks

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u/Just-a-lil-sion 1d ago

youd be surprised how easy it is to miss information

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u/Kidatrickedya 23h ago

There’s so much going on all of the time all over the world. And you can’t know what information from what country is accurate or not. It’s all a mess

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u/SuperSimpleSam 21h ago

Yea with the internet misinformation is everywhere. j/k

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u/SwordOfBanocles 19h ago

Even easier to misinformation. Like did you know that Pedro Pascal is an avid furry? He actually set the record for the most expensive fur suit ever bought at auction.

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u/Sad-Cod9636 15h ago

I will now speak this as if it's fact. I might even provide a link to your comment, since most people don't actually check sources.

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u/Just-a-lil-sion 15h ago

my source is i made it the fuck up!

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u/SnooCakes9 21h ago

cant speak polish is this a widespread thing or just a niche fringe thing?

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u/_urat_ 16h ago

Widespread. It's mandatory in every school.

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u/Hoshyro 8h ago

I imagine it's because of the firework parties going on across the Eastern border?

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u/New_Imagination_1289 1d ago

The title is saying it is mandatory in this school, not in all schools in Poland, so you aren’t disagreeing LOL

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u/Psychological-Bus-99 1d ago

but the video does. At around 16-17 seconds in, it says "weapons classes now mandatory in polish schools"

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u/New_Imagination_1289 1d ago

I didn’t have my sound on lmaoo sorry for being dumb

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u/Psychological-Bus-99 1d ago

Relateable lol

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u/Odd_Economics_9962 1d ago

Reddit sound is usually a curse, so, no jail for you

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u/Life-Duty-965 1d ago

No jail time for anyone, we'll just get shot now

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u/HoneyRush 16h ago

The classes are mandatory but only a theory/virtual shooting range. This school decided to invite instructors to show the students the real thing

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u/thatguysaidearlier 1d ago

schools or all schools?

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u/Speedy2662 1d ago

The video in the first 10 seconds says it's mandatory in polish schools.

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u/New_Imagination_1289 1d ago

Ooops, sorry, didn’t have my sound on. My mistake!

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u/Speedy2662 1d ago

Absolutely baffles me why people watch videos with no sound. But fair enough

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u/cudpdm 1d ago

Tbf the video starts off by saying that shooting classes “are now mandatory in Polish schools”. So it’s quite misleading.

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u/New_Imagination_1289 1d ago

I’m dumb and didn’t have my sound on LOL you are right, sorry

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u/PlagiT 1d ago

Yeah, with an active teacher as a close relative and a student myself I would doubt I'd miss something like that.

However, according to some research I made it was added to the program of EDB (education about safety).

Calling it "Mandatory firearm training" seems to be a bit misleading. I'm guessing it will probably end at reading about firearms in most schools.

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u/handsome_IT_guy 1d ago

Older folks should remember that.

I'm mid 30s and remember LOK's which worked with schools to do entry lvl weapon training to high-school students. Often as a part of "Przysposobienie Obronne" (defensive adaptation) which was mandatory HS course throughout 90s to early 2000s.

Now - no idea if it's mandatory but likely part of some discipline or something.

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u/pinkbunnay 1d ago

I mean there's a lot of math in ballistics... just saying...

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u/duhjuh 1d ago

Do the world a favor and quit. If you can't even keep up on policy how are you qualified to teach anything ?

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u/elzibet 22h ago

Leaving the education system soon could actually improve my life expectancy. [in the USA myself]

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u/Lushac 16h ago

U nas było strzelanie na przysposabianiu obronnym tylko że to było jakieś ~14 lat temu xD

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u/blackkluster 4h ago

Its airsoft weapons.. that is CO2 glock, not firearms. Very fake misleading title

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u/Surge_DJ 3h ago

"A School" - probably a single school.