Kształcenie akademickie w Polsce oczami amerykańskiego profesora

It is a sunny October afternoon when I arrive to teach my first American-studies class in the School of International Relations at the University of Lodz. Our classroom is located in the old law school -- a desirable building, I've been assured. It turns out to be a narrow, deep room, covered from floor to ceiling in 60s-era linoleum. A long wall of windows runs parallel to Narutowicza Street, one of the busiest in the city, just yards away.