Comments for Kimberly Moritz BlogPosts http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org Superintendent of Schools writes about learning and school management in rural Western New York. Formerly G-Town Talks/Randolph Writes. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Randolph Central School Facebook Page by Shannon http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/11/03/randolph-central-school-facebook-page/comment-page-1/#comment-5502 Shannon Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:51:03 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=599#comment-5502 I'm glad to see that you think teachers having Facebook pages for their class could be an effective communication tool. I've been considering the idea around for awhile now, but I was wary that many people might think the idea of a teacher AND students on Facebook TOGETHER might be bad. I have a Facebook page, and I get "friended" by students all the time. I always ignore the requests, as I do not think it is appropriate for students to be "friends" with me on my regular social Facebook page. I was thinking of creating another profile just for school purposes though. What an easy way to remind students of upcoming assignments, answer questions, post photos from class, Homecoming, or prom. I'm not quite convinced yet, but your post has me thinking that it might not be such a bad idea! Thanks! I’m glad to see that you think teachers having Facebook pages for their class could be an effective communication tool. I’ve been considering the idea around for awhile now, but I was wary that many people might think the idea of a teacher AND students on Facebook TOGETHER might be bad. I have a Facebook page, and I get “friended” by students all the time. I always ignore the requests, as I do not think it is appropriate for students to be “friends” with me on my regular social Facebook page. I was thinking of creating another profile just for school purposes though. What an easy way to remind students of upcoming assignments, answer questions, post photos from class, Homecoming, or prom. I’m not quite convinced yet, but your post has me thinking that it might not be such a bad idea! Thanks!

]]> Comment on Randolph Central School Facebook Page by Don Watkins http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/11/03/randolph-central-school-facebook-page/comment-page-1/#comment-5501 Don Watkins Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:03:59 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=599#comment-5501 We did this about a year ago in Franklinville Central, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Franklinville-NY/Franklinville-Central-School-Alumni/118576725573 and it's been a good way for our alumni to re-connect with the school. We have a board member who is on Facebook and connected to our page along with about 175 others who are mostly alumni. I really enjoy reading your blog and this article is very timely at least for me. Thanks for your courage and insight. We did this about a year ago in Franklinville Central, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Franklinville-NY/Franklinville-Central-School-Alumni/118576725573 and it’s been a good way for our alumni to re-connect with the school. We have a board member who is on Facebook and connected to our page along with about 175 others who are mostly alumni. I really enjoy reading your blog and this article is very timely at least for me. Thanks for your courage and insight.

]]> Comment on Randolph Central School Facebook Page by Janet Huntington http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/11/03/randolph-central-school-facebook-page/comment-page-1/#comment-5500 Janet Huntington Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:52:28 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=599#comment-5500 Looks like you are already implementing one of our goals that we established last month as a board. I know how passionate you are for everyone at our school to be using technology to the fullest and I see this as another intricate part of communicating with a vast number of people. You can honestly say you talk the talk AND walk the walk!!! Way to go. I think it is a great idea. Looks like you are already implementing one of our goals that we established last month as a board. I know how passionate you are for everyone at our school to be using technology to the fullest and I see this as another intricate part of communicating with a vast number of people. You can honestly say you talk the talk AND walk the walk!!! Way to go. I think it is a great idea.

]]> Comment on Randolph Central School Facebook Page by Chris Lindholm http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/11/03/randolph-central-school-facebook-page/comment-page-1/#comment-5499 Chris Lindholm Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:23:13 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=599#comment-5499 Refreshing leadership. Thank you for inspiring me to step out of my comfort zone. The toughest decisions leaders make cannot be done by consensus - they are about what is right. Please follow this up at some point with a "status report." Convincing others that it is doable will require some to lead and to show the way. An update on how it is going would help us greatly! Thanks!! Refreshing leadership. Thank you for inspiring me to step out of my comfort zone. The toughest decisions leaders make cannot be done by consensus – they are about what is right.

Please follow this up at some point with a “status report.” Convincing others that it is doable will require some to lead and to show the way. An update on how it is going would help us greatly!

Thanks!!

]]> Comment on The Shriver Report by dan scapelitte http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/the-shriver-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5498 dan scapelitte Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:37 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=582#comment-5498 Hey Lauren, I was reading your blog, agreeing with everything you were saying. Thinking about how I as a father think the same way as your father. I think that if you talk to most parents now a days, they will say that their daughter work harder than their sons. I believe this is a throw back to when women didn't have the rights they have today. I told my daughter to never depend on any man for her survival. Fortunately, she grew up in an era where she, through her own self dertermination, went to school and landed a very good job. Where I disagree with you is your statement at the end. I believe that Self determination is taught from the time you are a little girl. Parents teach it to ensure that their daughter survive in what has been traditionally a male dominated world. In addition, self determination is a function of the government. I can have all the needed requirements to be successful but still not be successful if I grow up in a society where I am not allowed to prove myself. The road we end up on is determined by many factors, not just our pure will for it to be that road. In short, I don't think self determination is genetic, it is learned in a society where you are able to learn it! Peace! Hey Lauren, I was reading your blog, agreeing with everything you were saying. Thinking about how I as a father think the same way as your father. I think that if you talk to most parents now a days, they will say that their daughter work harder than their sons. I believe this is a throw back to when women didn’t have the rights they have today. I told my daughter to never depend on any man for her survival. Fortunately, she grew up in an era where she, through her own self dertermination, went to school and landed a very good job. Where I disagree with you is your statement at the end. I believe that Self determination is taught from the time you are a little girl. Parents teach it to ensure that their daughter survive in what has been traditionally a male dominated world. In addition, self determination is a function of the government. I can have all the needed requirements to be successful but still not be successful if I grow up in a society where I am not allowed to prove myself. The road we end up on is determined by many factors, not just our pure will for it to be that road. In short, I don’t think self determination is genetic, it is learned in a society where you are able to learn it! Peace!

]]> Comment on The Shriver Report by Lauren C. http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/the-shriver-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5497 Lauren C. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:04:54 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=582#comment-5497 I for one, often wonder what it would be like if certain legislations were never passed giving women rights. I also ask my students that when I teach that area in my social studies class. The answers are amazing. They astound me! I know that without these legislations, women may not be where we are today. I am thankful for those women who put their blood, sweat, and tears into gaining rights for us. On the other hand, I can see Kim's view on our own self-determination pushing us through life. Although I am young and have many things to learn in life, I work hard for what I have and what I want. I do it for the goals I have set in life and not because I am a female. With that being said, I once asked my father if he ever wished he had sons instead of daughters? This question was just for curiousity, you figure every father wants a son, right? His reply shocked me! He said, "Lizzy, I love having two daughters because they work harder than boys!" His response made me think. It made me think for a long time. Although we do not have the same strength as men (some do), we work just as hard or even harder at trying to accomplish the things that men do. Why though? Self-determination is not handed over to you by the government, it is something that you are born with. You either have it or you don't. I for one, often wonder what it would be like if certain legislations were never passed giving women rights. I also ask my students that when I teach that area in my social studies class. The answers are amazing. They astound me! I know that without these legislations, women may not be where we are today. I am thankful for those women who put their blood, sweat, and tears into gaining rights for us. On the other hand, I can see Kim’s view on our own self-determination pushing us through life. Although I am young and have many things to learn in life, I work hard for what I have and what I want. I do it for the goals I have set in life and not because I am a female. With that being said, I once asked my father if he ever wished he had sons instead of daughters? This question was just for curiousity, you figure every father wants a son, right? His reply shocked me! He said, “Lizzy, I love having two daughters because they work harder than boys!” His response made me think. It made me think for a long time. Although we do not have the same strength as men (some do), we work just as hard or even harder at trying to accomplish the things that men do. Why though? Self-determination is not handed over to you by the government, it is something that you are born with. You either have it or you don’t.

]]> Comment on The Shriver Report by Kimberly Moritz http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/the-shriver-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5496 Kimberly Moritz Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:33:36 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=582#comment-5496 Dan, Thank you for reminding me of the crucial work that was done before me by those incredible women. I'm respectfully remain unconvinced that more government policies are needed to continue us along this road in 2010. But I will pay attention and remember not just my personal history, but this country's history and the women who stepped up long before me. Kimberly Dan,

Thank you for reminding me of the crucial work that was done before me by those incredible women. I’m respectfully remain unconvinced that more government policies are needed to continue us along this road in 2010. But I will pay attention and remember not just my personal history, but this country’s history and the women who stepped up long before me.

Kimberly

]]> Comment on The Shriver Report by Dan Scapelitte http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/the-shriver-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5495 Dan Scapelitte Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:46:56 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=582#comment-5495 As an American History teacher I feel the need to respond to this blog. I do not disagree with the fact that you have worked hard all you life. I do not disagree that you have fought your way up the ladder and did so with grit and determination. However, you did not do it by yourself. You did it with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott who, from the time of the Seneca Falls Convention, fought their entire lives for women’s rights. You did it with the help of Susan B. Anthony who suffered imprisonment so that women could get the right to vote. You did it with help of tens of thousands of women who marched and protested from the 1850’s to the 1960’s. All these women had one thing in common. They understood that women’s rights could only be accomplished through government intervention. It is government “interference” such as the 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote. It was government “interference” that made laws about equal pay for equal work. It was the government “interference” that women could get maternity leave without losing her job. It was government “interference” that allows your girls’ soccer team to go to the sectionals thanks to Title IX. You have every right to be proud of what you have accomplished, but please remember how the road was paved so you could get there. There is still much work to be done. Women earn seventy five cents to a mans’ dollar. Think about this; how many women superintendents are there? If women make up half the workforce (and I’ll bet it is even higher in education) then shouldn’t half of the superintendents be women? I’ll bet you a dozen donuts that is not the case! I thank God for Stanton, Mott, Anthony and all the rest of the women who forced government to treat women equally. If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t have you. As an American History teacher I feel the need to respond to this blog. I do not disagree with the fact that you have worked hard all you life. I do not disagree that you have fought your way up the ladder and did so with grit and determination. However, you did not do it by yourself. You did it with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott who, from the time of the Seneca Falls Convention, fought their entire lives for women’s rights. You did it with the help of Susan B. Anthony who suffered imprisonment so that women could get the right to vote. You did it with help of tens of thousands of women who marched and protested from the 1850’s to the 1960’s. All these women had one thing in common. They understood that women’s rights could only be accomplished through government intervention. It is government “interference” such as the 19th amendment that gave women the right to vote. It was government “interference” that made laws about equal pay for equal work. It was the government “interference” that women could get maternity leave without losing her job. It was government “interference” that allows your girls’ soccer team to go to the sectionals thanks to Title IX. You have every right to be proud of what you have accomplished, but please remember how the road was paved so you could get there. There is still much work to be done. Women earn seventy five cents to a mans’ dollar. Think about this; how many women superintendents are there? If women make up half the workforce (and I’ll bet it is even higher in education) then shouldn’t half of the superintendents be women? I’ll bet you a dozen donuts that is not the case! I thank God for Stanton, Mott, Anthony and all the rest of the women who forced government to treat women equally. If it weren’t for them, we wouldn’t have you.

]]> Comment on The Shriver Report by Dan Scapelitte http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/27/the-shriver-report/comment-page-1/#comment-5494 Dan Scapelitte Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:28:42 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=582#comment-5494 As an American History teacher, I feel it necessary to respond to this blog. I do not disagree with the premise that you have worked all your life, that you have fought and earned everything you have. However, I disagree with the idea that you have done it all by yourself. The women of the Seneca Falls Convention, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott would disagree with you. The women who fought in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's would disagree with you. They understood that the only way women would ever become equal is through government intervention. You took one step closer to your superintendent job when the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Your girl soccer players took one step closer to win their soccer playoffs when Title IX was passed. The women who came before you understood that someday Kim Moritz could be a superintendent of schools because of their hard work. Hard work toward political change. You may have gotten to the top, but the statistics still bare out that most women, even professionals, make seventy five cents to a man's dollar. Who will help them, no matter how much talent they have. The "government" is us! We, through our government, need to ensure that all men and women are treated equally. As an American History teacher, I feel it necessary to respond to this blog. I do not disagree with the premise that you have worked all your life, that you have fought and earned everything you have. However, I disagree with the idea that you have done it all by yourself. The women of the Seneca Falls Convention, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott would disagree with you. The women who fought in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s would disagree with you. They understood that the only way women would ever become equal is through government intervention. You took one step closer to your superintendent job when the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Your girl soccer players took one step closer to win their soccer playoffs when Title IX was passed. The women who came before you understood that someday Kim Moritz could be a superintendent of schools because of their hard work. Hard work toward political change. You may have gotten to the top, but the statistics still bare out that most women, even professionals, make seventy five cents to a man’s dollar. Who will help them, no matter how much talent they have. The “government” is us! We, through our government, need to ensure that all men and women are treated equally.

]]> Comment on Sectional Season by Roni http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/2009/10/28/sectional-season/comment-page-1/#comment-5493 Roni Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:33:33 +0000 http://ghsprincipal.edublogs.org/?p=596#comment-5493 Randolph is very lucky to have so many smart and talented athletes! The Midget football team also won the Superbowl this past weekend! GO RCS! Randolph is very lucky to have so many smart and talented athletes! The Midget football team also won the Superbowl this past weekend! GO RCS!

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