It all comes back to haunt us...

So the Ken has been going well since I last spoke of it.  Seminar went great, the post-madatzim really have their shit together.  No disasters have happened, and the only thing that is both surprising and kinda scary is that I am the only bogrim madrich this year.  Woohoo?  I mean, it's a great opportunity to really try and show these kids what I have to offer, but at the same time it's really hard to do that without the support of a tzevet.  Oh well, I'm sure I'll be able to deal.

The only other challenge we're going through as an Eizor is Fall Merkaz. It's crazy expensive, and we only have limited funds available to give scholarships to the post-madatzim.  We've been talking to the Mazkirut Artzit about it, but they've been in Israel and will continue to be there for a while now.

Speaking of which, a little while ago I got an e-mail from Shawn Guttman entitled "URGENT! READ IMMEDIATELY!"  "Oh," I thought, "Maybe they've finally gotten us some more info on Fall Merkaz."  I read it, and my jaw hits the ground.  It says that everyone in my shichva who smoked pot is suspended from movement activities for 8 weeks pending a discussion they each have to have with the MA, and possibly if that doesn't happen for a year.  This includes at least 1 rosh eizor and 1 rosh ken, maybe 2, and several more active madrichim.

Yeah, stuff just got complicated.  We'll see what happens when the dust settles.

Josh

College revisited

So when I last spoke to you, college sucked.  Just wanted to report that that has changed, as I had hoped it would.  It took time, but I've made friends with lots of people on my floor and even a few from Hillel.  last night we had a floor wide slumber party, we go out to meals together all the time, and in general we just spend a large amount of time together.

All this is thanks to our RA, Rachel.  She has been wonderful, encouraging us to hang together and helping us to get used to living here in College.  She has been decidedly not lazy, which along with the fact that she is awesome has made her the amazing RA she is.

Aside from socially, college work is different from high school work.  Alot of things you can do, but that aren't technically required for the course - to me this is good homework since the professors are willing to let the students take responsibility for doing the work or not and know that if the students do the work the course will be easier for them.  I like that, it makes the homework worthwhile.  I must say though the biggest difference is how much it sucks to miss days of school in college.  The Jewish holidays will not be fun this year.

Anyway, that's all I have to say about that.  I'ma go eat lunch, write another blog entry perhaps, and then get to work.  Seeya in a few hours!

Josh

P.S. Drexel Hillel is awkward