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This has been on my mind for a while now. Just out of curisoty, where is Victor in answering all the discussions about people copying each other? I do not see anything that lets anyone know that there is a "head of police" presence here. Maybe some of you are doing the job for him, and he is sitting back and relaxing?
I enjoy this site, and enjoy sharing lesson plans and ideas, but the bickering between people- usually the SAME people, is getting a bit unnerving, childish, and turning some off.
Maybe the punishement should be quick and painless-just get rid of those that copy.
Maybe the "policers" should worry about their students, their own lives, the world, etc..
If all there is is nasty talk about other people�s work, than go to another site.
Everyone needs to remember the Golden Rule..do onto others as you would like them to do onto you.
Copying is wrong-stop it.
Belittling people �s work because it is not "up to your standards, not colorful enough, too basic, too hard.." is childish.
Lets see more production, and less bickering between those that have so much time on their hands...
Is there a Victor? If yes, you would be rich if you had a nickle for everytime someone complained on here...make these people pay for your new server!
"I am an English Language teacher in Spain. I �ve created this website with the objective of providing a large database of ESL printables, where you can find quickly and easily what you need for your lessons. I think that we can achieve this goal with the cooperation among teachers. For this reason I �ve created a system where the more you contribute the more you can get."
You can only send printables created by yourself. You will never send printables taken from other websites or publications. You will never send printables whose origin you don �t know (worksheets borrowed from other teachers, for example). If we find stolen printables we will delete the account of the user who sent them.
The administrator has the discretion to remove any worksheet or contribution, if it is considered necessary.
Premium users can help us to keep a fair website reporting all those stolen printables. It will benefit all of us.
I think to myself how could he ever keep up with everything that goes on here. And I think to myself that if he truly did, he would become nuts and his family or anybody from his social environment would just disown him due how much time he would have to dedicate to every question and problem that come up constantly. How fortunate this ESL community is if (and from what I understand) there are others who are willing to hep with the site �s management
I truly believe that he has started a site for ESL without any commercial interests and that is TRULY recommendable.
I don �t think anybody could have really foreseen what eslprintables would become. It �s amazing that with the success that it is having it is still a true TEACHER COMMUNITY!
Victor is also a teacher and he has his own contributions in the site.
If you read this below the comment area for downloading,
Report this worksheet if you think it should be removed!
and actually reported something you would see the response -which is that Victor will check it out.
I am sure that Victor has his hands full and that we should all be a bit more respectful towards him. After all this is his dream and his site - and we are lucky to have a chance to use it.
Yes, we are lucky and we should respect Victor. But I agree with Miss ESL of Illinois when she says that constant bickering between people is very annoying and childish.
And here �s a question: if all of you "deputies" know exactly what to do when you find a stolen ws, why don �t you use those means and report it and leave the rest of us be?
I am not asking you to do my dirty work because if and when I see a stolen ws, I will report it as it is my duty.
I am merely asking you all to stop the accusations in the forum. Don �t you think that keeping the forum clean of this kind of discussion is ALSO respecting Victor? And all the members that have never stolen anything and that abide by the rules of the site?
And check the meaning of deputy, it is not an offensive word, I was only trying to find a word that would best decribe those who report stolen ws. You are always quoting the site �s rules:
The administrator has the discretion to remove any worksheet or contribution, if it is considered necessary.
Premium users can help us to keep a fair website reporting all those stolen printables. It will benefit all of us.
Just two minutes before I was reviewing reported worksheets. Nobody is doing the job while I sit down and relax. Many of you are helping me with your reports, but I have to review them afterwards.
I don �t participate much in the forum because I �m quite busy, and I �ve said before that there is no need to discuss about the copied worksheets. Most of them are caught before they get the points.
Let me say that I really admire your work! You must be a very altruist person because you do this just because you like helping others.
I also admire you not getting involved in the forum because sometimes people are very hard to each other. This must make you sad.
Everytime I see a stolen worksheet or a worksheet that is empty or corrupted, I report it. I never do it on the forum because I know that sooner or later you will see the reported worksheets and remove them.
