Hello! At school there is barely time to breathe (and maybe take a few bites of the sandwich) between lessons. No time to talk about "why" do what I do. The advantage of having my own blog is that I can work our my arguments in writing, making it clearer for myself. And in this virtual day and age, sometimes one can discuss the points with others, even with authors such as Alfie Kohn. He was kind enough to weigh in on my thoughts about homework for teens (guess what - he didn't agree). I'm having trouble squaring his comments with my reality though. Israel, EFL, not enough hours...You all are more familiar with my reality, I would love to hear your thoughts on the matter: http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2014/10/29/squaring-alfie-kohns-reply-my-reality/ On a totally different plane, I have discovered that bringing a camera to school has enabled me to notice lots of unplanned things going on at our high-school. Pure fun! I've decided to post a few pics taken on the school grounds (no pictures of people at all!) every week on my blog to share the fun. Here's the first post: http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/2014/10/30/visualising-school-photo-pause/ Naomi -- Naomi Epstein "Shema" Counselor for Teaching English to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Professional Blog (English) <http://visualisingideas.edublogs.org/> <http://shemaenglish.wordpress.com/>Counseling Blog (Hebrew) <http://shemaenglish.wordpress.com/> Q/A Blog for EFL Teachers (English) <http://thekeyintheapple.wordpress.com/> ************************************** ** Subscribe/Unsubscribe - //www.freelists.org/list/etni ** Join ETNI on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/31737970668/ ** ETNI Blog and Poll http://ask-etni.blogspot.co.il/ ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to ETNI List - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ***************************************