04-24-2009, 06:33 PM
Not only would I never want a kid of mine at a school where that would happen, but the writing in the comments is appalling. I can respect pidgin but writing pidgin in all caps and texting lingo adds up to some pretty pathetic communication. Wow. And so much anger in these kids (who seem to be from various islands).
What a shame with a kid so bright that he ends up in public school in Hawai'i. I was one of those kids who got accelerated and all the honors, and in public school, but that was when public schools in California were still good. It was tough being an honor student 40 years ago. I got teased all the time. And I didn't have any kids in my high school who thought beating on each other was kool.
I wish you best of luck getting your child into something better. I would home school before I would go for public school here. My friends' kids who are born on the island AND hapa Hawaiian, look Hawaiian, still had nothing but grief in school here. Her daughter tried to commit suicide and it was all peer group issues ... she had a great home life ...
private school costs a lot but it cost her parents tons of money on therapy and alternatives to undo the damage and turn her life around ... the youngest got put into private school and no problems with him whatsoever.
What a shame with a kid so bright that he ends up in public school in Hawai'i. I was one of those kids who got accelerated and all the honors, and in public school, but that was when public schools in California were still good. It was tough being an honor student 40 years ago. I got teased all the time. And I didn't have any kids in my high school who thought beating on each other was kool.
I wish you best of luck getting your child into something better. I would home school before I would go for public school here. My friends' kids who are born on the island AND hapa Hawaiian, look Hawaiian, still had nothing but grief in school here. Her daughter tried to commit suicide and it was all peer group issues ... she had a great home life ...
private school costs a lot but it cost her parents tons of money on therapy and alternatives to undo the damage and turn her life around ... the youngest got put into private school and no problems with him whatsoever.