TACTics Journal

A Publication for and by TOC for Education Practitioners

September 13, 2002

In this week’s issue:

Connections

(1) TOCFE Web Page, Kathy Suerken

(2) TOCFE Comes to Nigeria!, Kathy Suerken

Readers’ Feedback

(3) Zzippi Margalit, Israel

(4) Denise Meyer, USA

(5) Barbara Riester, USA

(6) Philip Bakker, Netherlands

Editor’s Notes

(7) Cheryl A. Edwards

CONNECTIONS

(1) TOCFE WEB PAGE

From Kathy Suerken

TOCFE is very grateful to Rami Goldratt for creating such a world class web

design. This task required not only a lot of talent but also a lot of time.

Thank you Rami! As he is moving on to other projects, I had to look for a

replacement who needed three characteristics:

1. Technical expertise

2. Willingness to do a lot of work as a volunteer, and

3. A spouse who doesn't mind family time spent on TOCFE.

Guess what? The person I found not only is a volunteer extraordinaire but I

can vouch for this person's technical know-how inasmuch as he built our first

computer on my dining room table! In addition, he even taught our daughter

how to program her own computer games. Yes, John Suerken has volunteered!

As to whether or not, his spouse will allow him to spend a lot of

family time on TOCFE is a question I bet you can answer without my help!

In the meantime, TOCFE thanks John for learning the Flash program as well

as updating and editing existing files. Let us know <ksuerken@tocforeducation> if you find any “bugs”—things don't download or link correctly. Keep visiting the site—he promises to keep it refreshed!

(2) TOCFE Comes to Nigeria!

From Kathy Suerken

A TACT/TOC seminar will be facilitated by Francois Moll in Lagos, Nigeria

from September 30 - October 4, 2002. The seminar is being sponsored by

Accelerated Learning Systems Nigeria and will be taught to over 50

teachers and administrators. Nigeria is the 10th most populous country in

the world.

READERS’ FEEDBACK

(3) Dear Emmy,

I've read your article (“Using Theory of Constraint—Of Clouds, Conflict, and College

Classrooms,” by Emmy Stark Zitter, TACTics, August 30, 2002) with much curiosity;

thank you for the analysis! When I tried to understand why I was

connected to Zitkala Sa's conflict, I realized that we don't necessarily

need to meet such extreme differences between cultures in order to feel

pain and to grow. I see such a conflict in every procedure of forming one’s

identity.

Yours,

Zzippi

(4) I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Emmy Stark Zitter's use of the

cloud in a story about Native American Indians (“Using Theory of Constraint—Of

Clouds, Conflict, and College Classrooms,” by Emmy Stark Zitter, TACTics, August 30, 2002). I

would like to use some of it in a newsletter that I publish to spread the TOC

knowledge.

Denise Meyer

(5) What a great journal this week (TACTics, September 6, 2002)! I'm going to

use it in its entirety as a preview with non-TOC educators to help create

buy-in.

Barbara Riester.Assistant Director, Auxiliary Services

Director, VMI Center for Economic Education

(6) Hello Cheryl,

In the TACTics of August 23 rd , I read that you were frustrated about not

being able to read the report on the 2002 conference from Alejandrina

Gonzalez de Garza, TOCFE Director in Mexico. Please don't be. Here's a

translation, made by using a translation service on the Internet at

<http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr>. This way I hope I'm meeting your need!

:-)

Best regards,

Philip

EDITOR’S NOTES

(7) Another Note of Appreciation

From Cheryl A. Edwards

I am always so appreciative when one of our TACTics readers takes the time

to offer some help or sends in a response to one of our concerns.

Phillip, like a true teacher, you have met our “needs” in two ways. First, you

helped with a concern we had at TACTics, and second you didn’t just give the

translation, but you shared your resource for getting the translation.

Thank You, Philip for being committed enough to TOCFE and TACTics to take

your valuable time to share.

So readers, if you are like me and would like to read Alejandrina’s article

check out the Internet site Phillip has shared with us.

Send your responses, applications of the thinking processes, lessons,

announcements, and etc. by mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill Island

Rd., Cedarville, Michigan 49719, USA. Or send hyperlink to

cedwards@cedarville.net or bucknek@earthlink.net.

To view TACTics in its intended formatting, visit our web site at

www.tocforeducation.com and click on “What’s New.”