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Is there a reason why we can �t know who is downloading our hard work? Call me curious, but I �d really like to know who �s liked my work enough to download and perhaps use in their classroom.
Why the anonymity?
Plus, if we knew, it �d sure as h**l cut down on all the downloading of stolen work! Might get a few more "thank yous" into the bargain too!!
Frankly, I don�t feel any curiosity to know
about those who do not feel the need to say thank you to me . Of course, all
comments on our work are very rewarding, I do really appreciate them, but do we really offer our work to
this community to see who like it or who don�t? To me, only those who are so
kind as to leave a thank you note under myworksheets are the people that really count, the rest, well, I take for
granted that they like what I do, if not, what�s their point in downloading my
work?
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. "I take for granted that they like what I do, if not, what�s their point in downloading my work? " The fact that someone download our worksheets means that they are useful for them and that �s rewarding. No THANKS ARE NEEDED.
I don �t need the thanks, but I would like to know who is downloading. As some of my worksheets are directed towards adults, I would especially like to know who downloads those, as I am always looking for new ideas for my adult classes.
It is not necessarily a question of thanks (although I think it is rude to take something without saying anything, but it is my opinion, and it seems that in some cultures it is not �natural � to say �thank you �, as some of you have pointed out several times)!!!
If you don �t want to say �thank you �, leave a smile: :) or write �Have a nice day �. Don �t be anonymous!!!
Every time I gave one of my worksheets, I had either a �Thank you � or a smile. I never met a person who just took my worksheet and ran away!
LEAVE A SMILE: :) (I think that is what I am going to do from now on)
My stuff was downloaded 15000+ times, I downloaded others � ws about 300 times. I rarely leave a thank you message. Thankyous are great, but I don �t need to get my ego brushed every single time someone downloads a ws and I don�t need the identity of each and every downloader. BTW, can you imagine all the extra megabytes this will generate?
Again not a question of ego, but the possibility of meeting new people (not everybody of course)... My point of view. The question of space is a valid argument, though!
from Israel
