SOMEs = Self-Organized Mediation Environments

After a 6-month interruption of chats due to exam time, vacation and very hot weather in India, I had my first chat with a group of six 12-year-ol students in the Hyderabad area this morning at 9:30 Lisbon time, 14:00 their time. Their names are in the chatlog below. Jeevan, the technician, I believe, was with them and sometimes helped with the conversation.

As usual, I love the children's clean look and their lovely uniforms. They look absolutely impeccable. They weren't very open this first time and, as is usual with children, there was the tendency for all to answer at the same time making it difficult for me to understand.

I introduced myself, asked them what they'd eaten for lunch and said what I'd just eaten for breakfast. I asked them if school had ended for the day. No! Then I gave them the link to a World Atlas a