Słoweniec jako wieczny student i nie tylko – wycinek z polsko-słoweńskich badań ankietowych

The educational system in a given country largely influences the process of shaping of the students’ identity. The text is a study on an excerpt from materi-al which is part of research reconstructing the linguistic and cultural image of Poles and of Slovenians. An analysis of the operational categories of the lin-guistic image of the world is a valuable source of knowledge about the stereo-typical image of the country and of its representatives, reflecting the subjective point of view of respondents. A binary model emerges clearly, with a positive – negative (unambitious) attitude of Slovenians towards science and education. The comparison of the auto- and heterostereotypical approach, in our case the Slovenian one with the Polish one (respondents who had had contact with Slo-venians), yields a broader picture of the studied aspect.