I completely understand Sylvie�s position. In the past I let the heated arguments on the forum get on my nerves and was about to leave the site when the new rules were set. I even stopped sending my contributions for months, but now I see that the �emotional� thing doesn�t have a place here. If we get angry, disappointed, offended, hurt, etc., etc., every time someone tells us something we wouldn�t like to listen or we think we don�t deserve, the best thing is to keep away from the forum, because with more than 400,000 teachers there�ll always be some who deeply disagree with us.

I�m here 1) for professional purposes (improving my work, learning new approaches and techniques, finding inspiring designs and layouts, downloading ready-to-use worksheets when I don�t have the time to prepare one or run out of good ideas to start one from scratch, etc�.). 2) The sharing & helping attracts me, I do like to help people who are starting and also to get help from colleagues when I need some. 3) The forum, that�s a great resource for links, sites, videos, etc.

Each one has his own purposes, and there are some who want to be rewarded for their hard work and progress. Why not? But each time we leave the cooperative thing to adopt a competition we lose manners, time and� some members as it happened in the past and is happening right now.

Let�s make is less personal and ignore the ones who want visibility through their aggressive manners and words.

@Sylvie: I regret you leaving the site (again), and hope you can return (again) later. Thanks for your help and wise words even the ones I don�t really agree with.

Cheers

Zailda

Really, who wants a king or queen here?