Today the students had to start the Stanford Achievement Test. We tested them in the morning, went home for a break and then had to go to the Baccalaureate Mass at 6:00. Tomorrow we test them again then go to the cathedral for graduation at 6:00.

This evening I sat in the pew listening to the ceremonies and watching the students. I feel sorry for them. They are not ready for the real world. Are any of us when we graduate? I have heard of their shenanigans and I am not impressed with them yet I know they will be surprised when they realize the world was not made for them.

Having said this I have to mention a conversation I had recently with the school counselor. I was expressing my frustrations with the students. He told me the real frustration was with the parents. He explained that many times in the past a promising student has been accepted with scholarships to prominent universities in the states but that the parents would not let them go.

It's heartbreaking.