09-10-2014, 01:33 PM
Islandlvng,
I work with the youth of Hawaii every day, mostly local kids with at least a little Hawaiian in their heritage, and virtually all low income. I have to say that while all the things you said may be true about SOME kids here it is completely false for the majority of them. My students are proud of their Hawaiian heritage, many of them speak at least a little Hawaiian and most of the have at least some of the old ways as part of their lives, even if they only grow a little taro and make their own leis for special occasions. Many of them dedicate countless hours to learning hula, and when we do our morning chant to open the school day their voices ring out loud and proud. My students parents often work 2 or 3 jobs to take care of their families, and they still make it to parent teacher conferences and open house.
I have a student whose family is from Molokai, who speaks Hawaiian as a first language and English as a second, who was just admitted to UH-Manoa with a full free ride scholarship at the BEGINNING of his junior year in HS. His family does care about culture and tradition and none of their kids worship BJ Penn. I have a life, in fact I spend most of it with the kids of Hawaii, and you have it all wrong about the youth of Hawaii. Maybe you are just hanging out with lowlifes and scum, who attract kids who are lost, but your description does not apply to the vast majority of students I've had since I started teaching in Hawaii schools.
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
I work with the youth of Hawaii every day, mostly local kids with at least a little Hawaiian in their heritage, and virtually all low income. I have to say that while all the things you said may be true about SOME kids here it is completely false for the majority of them. My students are proud of their Hawaiian heritage, many of them speak at least a little Hawaiian and most of the have at least some of the old ways as part of their lives, even if they only grow a little taro and make their own leis for special occasions. Many of them dedicate countless hours to learning hula, and when we do our morning chant to open the school day their voices ring out loud and proud. My students parents often work 2 or 3 jobs to take care of their families, and they still make it to parent teacher conferences and open house.
I have a student whose family is from Molokai, who speaks Hawaiian as a first language and English as a second, who was just admitted to UH-Manoa with a full free ride scholarship at the BEGINNING of his junior year in HS. His family does care about culture and tradition and none of their kids worship BJ Penn. I have a life, in fact I spend most of it with the kids of Hawaii, and you have it all wrong about the youth of Hawaii. Maybe you are just hanging out with lowlifes and scum, who attract kids who are lost, but your description does not apply to the vast majority of students I've had since I started teaching in Hawaii schools.
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb