What's the difference between a Jedi and Jesuit?

Nothing.

I can't believe I'm almost halfway done with my summer classes. In a week I'll be finished with half of my classes. Unfortunately, I'll be done with the easy half. The tough stuff starts in July.

This is my last week at the Jesuit middle school. That's been a really interesting experience. I've learned a lot about working with middle school students - the group I'll be working with next year. I've learned what to do and even some things not to do.

My childhood development class has been incredibly interesting. I've seen way more births on tape that I've ever wanted to. I've had never-ending discussions about, well, everything. On Friday we went to a center in town for children who have been abused. The center combines child protective services, police and medical interviews into one interview, reducing the amount of stress on the child. The speaker told us about addressing the issue of child abuse and the possibilities of child abuse in our classrooms in the future. And it was scary. Scary to hear about the very real problems facing children and scary to realize that I will likely deal with such issues sometime in the future.

Tonight we had Mass with Fr. Tom. Fr. Tom was ordained a priest 8 days ago. How cool is that? This was his second Sunday Mass ever, and he'll be saying Mass for us the next couple of weeks. His nephew asked him the question I posed in my title. His answer: Nothing. I think I like this guy already.

This week I'll write my second paper in graduate school. I'll finish my second class. I'll cook a delicious Middle Eastern meal of hummus and falafel and pita. Mmmmm.... hummus. Then I'll go visit a wonderful friend over the weekend. Then one glorious, glorious week at camp. You see, I have a week off of school, and I'm determined to make the most of it. I'll cap it all off by camping out over July 4th weekend. Does it get any better, people? Does it get any better?