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David,
I actually thought to go in and correct that, but hubby Pete thought it was an interesting "typo"..., so did not do so.
The proper adage is "row to hoe", but where people eat lots of fish product and produce is hard to grow in "normal" gardens, perhaps "roe" is not so bad....
Smiley with aloha,,,
Jane
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Out of curiosity due to the original posters suggestion of a correlation, I looked up some of the data on illiteracy and crime to see if the crime rates were in sync with the illiteracy rates. While these figures show that there may not be a correlation, there are so many other factors affecting crime rates that it would be impossible to know either way based on the little information I found.
The department of Education has some interesting literacy estimates broken down by county.
http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx
2003
Hawaii County 13%
Honolulu County 17%
Kalawoa County 20%
Kauai County 12%
Maui County 14%
Crime rates per 100,000 from the Dept of the Attorney General (Crime in Hawaii 2007).
http://hawaii.gov/ag/cpja/main/rs/Folder...2-05.2910/
2007
Hawaii County 3,680.3
Honolulu County 4,396.0
Kalawoa County no separate data given in report
Kauai County 4,787.7
Maui County 5,090.8
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If you look at it from the other perspective, the numbers I find are 45% of current inmates are functionally illiterate on a national basis
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...tml?cat=17 for more reading - long
"A study done by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice looked at the recidivism rates of regular prisoners versus those who had received an education while incarcerated. The following data was gathered from the Center on Crime, Community, and Culture (1997). The recidivism rates for those leaving prison without degrees was 60%. For those receiving associate's degrees, the recidivism rate dropped to 13.7%. The recidivism rate for prisoners receiving bachelor's degrees was 5.6%, and for those receiving master's degrees, 0%."
http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/ombudsman/rpt...ponent.pdf - short
"Research shows that youth who lack adequate reading skills are at a greater risk of delinquency and recidivism."
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Does the research indicate that the smarter the criminal, the less chance of being caught? That would certainly explain Bankers and Politicians!
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Nah ... one just needs to be licensed to steal... government doing a good job of managing the competition
agreed though.... white collar crime having less downside than stealing your neighbors tv.. if you get big enough and blow it the 'govt even backing the losses
another reason to support literacy - grin
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http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2..._criminals
why are these fly speck countries closing their jails.... does very high literacy rates have an bearing or is it something else?
I still believe that increasing literacy rates on island is the cheapest and simplest method to address many of the social issues we face
untouched in this topic but the 800 pound gorilla in the room, Is the possible correlation between literacy, rage episodes and abuse of family members ... another topic me thinks .... but a close relative to this issue.
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Netherlands has a very tolerant drug policy, marijuana use is legal. There go at least 60% of the incarcerated when compared to the US.
Easy solution; let the US Govt control MJ and tax it like tobacco, make it legal and reduce the prison population by more than half.
Greed is the prime motivator for government, along with control of the masses, so this should be a really viable solution to at least one small problem.
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quote:
Originally posted by janeadams
kani,
I think you had very enlightened parents, and have benefitted greatly from that! Your parents were very foresightful. I'm not excusing the lack of concern or attention to being able to speak/write/read the common language...
I find the literature very enlightening about things, and have appreciated that. Probably the most troublesome part of our adaptation to the islands was working in a state hospital IT department, and having to figure out "tech pidgin"!!
I love being here, and have great appreciation of the culture, but also know that lots of kids growing up here have added difficulty with communication when the broader world comes into their lives. We have to have some compassion for that, but also not expect failure or less than good effort.
Peace, and education...
Jane
edited to correct a typo
indeed!
agreed!
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reflect, repent and reboot.
order shall return."
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Guess the last 50 years haven't been so good.
http://www.starbulletin.com/specialproje...Years.html
5. Hawaii's system of education dates back to 1840 and is superior to many states. Illiteracy in the islands in almost nonexistent.
#6 is pretty interesting too
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Jane
Didn't mean to pick on you, figured it was most likely a typo - then, curiously, I Googled it.
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