Yesterday, it was official : the 50th state was a state for 50 years!
1) Back in 1959, the overwhelming majority of those who voted chose statehood for Hawaii.
However, some Hawaiian sovereignty activists said that that election was illegitimate because independence wasn't listed as an option on the ballot!
So now what?
The obvious is that we should have another election for the status: statehood, territory, independence, none of the above!
Whichever side looses will need to accept the results!
According to a recent poll, most Hawaii residents prefer statehood!
Read on it at
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090821/STATEHOOD01/908210362
Whatever happened in 1893, everyone from that era is dead! Only the living can vote!
Let's put it this way - Northern Ireland was conquered by the British! The Irish could claim that was their stolen land. But that conquest happened centuries ago. But if the people living in Northern Ireland want to remain a part of the United Kingdom, then that's what it will be! You can only go by those who live there today!
If the people of Leeward Oahu, Hana, Pahoa or Waimanalo want to start their own separate nation, that's fine! They just need to keep their economies sustainable, because the US taxpayers aren't going to bail them out all the time!
2) Independence will NOT guarantee things will get better or worse.
Let's look at North Korea and South Korea. Both were conquered by Japan!
However, after the Japanese left, the 2 Koreas went in totally opposite directions.
South Korea became one of the most prosperous democracies in the world. North Korea became one of the poorest and most oppressive dictatorships in the world!
One country became better off after the Japanese left, the other got worse!
Now let's look at Botswana and Zimbabwe. Both are African nations that are next to each other. Both were former British territories.
After the British left, Botswana and Zimbabwe went totally opposite directions.
Botswana is now one of the most economically stable, peaceful, democratic nations in Africa. It doesn't fit the negative stereotypes of Africa!
Zimbabwe is now one of the most poorest, violent and oppressive dictatorships in Africa. It fits the worst stereotypes of Africa!
One country became better off after the British left, the other got worse!
So will Hawaii become worse or better if it became independent? NOTHING IS GUARANTEED!
3) why were there no massive celebrations of statehood yesterday?
Only one government official admitted the obvious : riot prevention!
Here's what Don Cataluna, a trustee of the state Office of Hawaiian Affairs, said!
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090821/STATEHOOD01/908210363&template=statehood/Iolani+Palace+to+remain+quiet+as+Hawaii+observes+50th
"And many, many Hawaiians — many Hawaiians — would be very, very upset," Cataluna said. "It would not be a good idea to have an event at the site of the overthrow of their queen. It would be a horrible mess there. I had visions of blood spilling and I didn't want that."
Based on everything I read in the papers today, all statehood events and protests were peaceful. Sure, there might've been shouting, but as long as no one got hit, then that's democracy in action!
4) What if the US didn't take over Hawaii?
Someone else would've!
Other nations looking to conquer were Germany, Russia and Japan!
Judging by the history of the 20th century, does anyone think Hawaii would've been better off being taken over by Germany, Russia or Japan?
US control of Hawaii wasn't perfect. In the early half of the 20th century, Native Hawaiian children were humiliated by their school-teachers if they spoke Hawaiian! This has contributed to the anger felt by many Native Hawaiians!
But the freedoms of the US Constitution allowed for the freedom of speech, assembly and religion. These things made the Hawaiian Renaissance movement much easier. These freedoms allowed the Native Hawaiians to revive lost traditions and their culture to grow again!
Now, we have charter schools and immersion schools that emphasize the Hawaiian language and Native Hawaiian culture!
Things are very different now from the early territorial days!
5) What's going to happen in the future?
Most likely, Hawaii will remain a state for a very long time. Though I think that areas like Leeward Oahu, Hana, Waimanalo, Pahoa and the islands of Niihau, Molokai and Kaho'olawe could eventually break off from the US and be a separate Hawaiian nation, just like how certain parts of the continental US are separate Native American nations!
Hawaii and the USA are connected in so many ways, it's unlikely that Hawaii would totally separate from the USA! Even many Native Hawaiians don't want to totally separate from the USA! The farthest it would go is nation-within-a-nation status!
6) The total-independence crowd will continue to be a minority. Their rhetoric has alienated too many people!
Let's put it this way. My Zapotec ancestors of Oaxaca, Mexico were conquered by the Spanish! But the descendants of the Spanish settlers are there to stay! So while Mexico is independent, the descendants of the conquerors, conquered and other settlers are accepted as part of the modern Mexican social fabric!
The same for Hawaii. Whether Hawaii is a state or independent, the sovereignty activists need to accept that the descendants of the conquerors, conquered and other settlers are part of the modern Hawaiian social fabric!
Those without Native Hawaiian ancestry need to respect Native Hawaiian culture! And the independence advocates need to accept that non-natives aren't going away and that integration is the way to go!
As Rodney King has said "can we all just get along"
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Coming soon
My thoughts on statehood! Today is the 50th anniversary of Hawaii becoming a state!
So many thoughts, so little time to blog it all out!
Hopefully, I'll be able to have something tommorrow night!
So many thoughts, so little time to blog it all out!
Hopefully, I'll be able to have something tommorrow night!
My 10-year high school reunion :)
This past weekend (August 15-16, 2009), the McKinley High School c/0 1999 had their high school reunion!
(10 years already? Damn I feel old!)
On Saturday night (August 15th), we had the main event at Bonsai Restaurant! It had 2 floors. Our reunion was in the 2nd floor, with a bar and a few tables.
There wasn't much space, which has its pros and cons. The pros is the small space gives us a greater chance to talk to more former classmates crowded among us. That's the point of reunions. The cons are that we could use more room to dance around.
The program itself was from 5pm - 9pm. But we could stick around and party when the general public was invited to Bonsai afterwards!
The next day (Sunday, August 16th) there was a picnic at Ala Moana Beach Park. There were less people, but some were the ones who couldn't make it to the previous night's event. It was mostly due to those people being unable to find a babysitter to watch their kids. But they could bring their kids to the Sunday picnic!
The picnic was very low-key and very relaxing! I brought Tostitos Lime Chips and Chips Ahoy cookies! Others brought pizza, chili, rice, sushi, juice and other items!
Now, on to some commentary
1) One of my classmates said he wasn't planning to come, but came because I sent SO MANY e-mail reminders to my friends about the reunion!
That guy (I won't mention names) said he had some bad memories of high school, and didn't want to see people he didn't like!
But after the reunion, he said it was better than he thought it would be! He even expressed that it was a wake-up call to enjoy life!
He made the correct decision to come. But there's other people who probably didn't go to their reunions because they didn't get along with some people!
THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!
If you go to a school like mine (with 1800 students) there's no way you'll get along with everyone! But there's also no way everyone would be your enemy!
I predicted that the wanabee thugs, druggies, and other sort of losers will NOT show up for the reunion!
I also predicted that those involved in ethnic gang fights between differing Asian and Pacific groups will not show up to the reunion!
I WAS PROVEN CORRECT!
What people need to understand is that those people didn't even show up for various school activities like Bonfires, luaus, Project Grad, etc.
Those people HATE school, HATE everything, don't like school activities and I knew they had no interest in going to the reunion!
What you also need to understand is that those people were NOT really popular! People just put up with them, because they're afraid to tell them to"SHUT UP!" But the main proof that those losers (wanabee thugs, druggies, etc. ) weren't really popular is that NOBODY INVITED THEM TO THE REUNION! Most people don't want them around!
So if you're worried about your tormentors showing up for your reunion, CHILL! Most likely, nobody reminded them to come! They most likely aren't going to show up anyways!
And even if you do see one of them, no one is going to force you to talk to them! Talk to the people you get along with!
Also, it's 1o YEARS LATER! People change!
I know I irritated some people during my schooling years. I also know from the reunion that most of them forgave me anyways! They knew I didn't have bad intentions, and that we were very immature, and that people mature and grow wiser!
2) Reunions are not only fun, they're inspiring!
At least I know I was inspired
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For one thing, I witnessed 2 former enemies made peace. Actually, those 2 were friends in elementary and middle school, but had arguments at the start of high school! Those things escalated to the point where they didn't talk to each other for years!
I met them at Kawananakoa Middle School. I got along with them, but wasn't the best friend I should've been! Instead of mediating, I told both people what they said about each other! I totally regret that, and it was eating me up on the inside!
I invited both to the reunion, and we all apologized to each other! It was a special moment!
A lot of people didn't know about this, so I won't mention names!
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One of my former classmates was in the US military and was fighting wars in the Middle East. Had a lot of near-death experiences, had injuries from IEDs, and probably had many traumatizing moments!
But at the reunion, he showed everyone that he still knows HOW TO PARTY!!!!! He was talking to a lot of people. He was dancing!
He knows from experience how to appreciate life!
That was inspiring!!!!
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I was talking to Don, who once lived in the same neighborhood growing up. That neighborhood is officially named Puahala Homes, but EVERYONE calls it Lanakila Housing!!! It is a small housing project!
We were the only ones from that hood to show up to the reunion! (however, our high school also had other ghetto communities within the district )
We were trading stories about our childhoods in that communities, the people we grew up with, the blatant welfare fraud committed by our neighbors, etc.
We no longer lived there. Don was saying "you can't live there forever", and you can't live off the government forever". I told him when parents moved out in my early adolescence, I was unhappy that I being uprooted and I mentioned my good memories there! But I totally understood what he said about leaving the hood and accomplishing things!
Our families came from 3rd world nations (my dad's from Mexico, his family is from Laos). Our families struggled with cultural shock and being a minority in a new place. But we made it! I told him "We made it out of the ghetto" and we gave high-fives!
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I also was talking to some girls I knew from Lanakila Elementary School. We drifted apart and didn't hang out much after elementary! But there we were at the reunion! As I came up to talk to them, one of them was saying "look, we all from Lanakila Elementary School". It was like a reunion within a reunion! Trading stories about our past and our present! I never had a sister, but talking to those girls, it's like talking to my long-lost sisters!
I was talking to another female classmate from the same elementary school, and she still remembered my brother! The same one still remembered that I memorized the names of U S presidents back in elementary. Then she thought I would be getting my PhD by now [maybe later, but thanks for the thought!:)] We were joking around about some stuff as well! I didn't talk to that girl much in high school (never shared classes for some reason), but at that reunion, it was like time never passed. Another long-lost sister re-united!
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As for my other elementary classmates, I still talk to Jeff on a regular basis. Nicholas (who attended Lanakila for one year) was also at the reunion. That guy started growing late, but now he's taller than me!
Nicholas and I had some common friends like Orlando Holbron and Justin Gonda.Over the years I lost contact with both! However, I heard that Gonda is in jail for raping a girl!
It's a very bad feeling that someone I hung out with in high school has done such a heinous crime! A very sad thing to mention to my former classmates!
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I'm sure I must've inspired others as well at the reunion!
Some people couldn't recognize me at 1st because I lost weight.
In my 12th grade year, I was about 220 pounds.
The last time I checked earlier this summer, I'm about 165 pounds!
A lot of people congratulated me on loosing weight.
They asked how I did it! I just told them I did the basics -- eat less meals, walk around more, ride bikes, etc.
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Some were surprised I became a substitute teacher! I talked to some about the life of a sub!
I also joked to one of my former Lanakila classmates, after becoming a substitute "now I understand why some people were mad at me" in our school days! She just laughed and told me I was a funny guy!
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I was also inspired by the careers of my classmates.
They include a salon owner, a Christian self-help book author, real estate agent, a forensic science, elementary school teacher, preschool teachers aide, construction worker, a police officer, soldier, engineer, accountant, nurse, cell-phone salesperson, restaurant staff, investment banker, medical student, day care operator, computer technician, building inspector, ........
there's more, but you get the point!
3) The excitement of the reunion!
It was great fun meeting so many people from our younger days! It's just like Project Grad just happened yesterday!
But it was also exciting to find out what they are accomplishing, and what they will become in the future.
We traded jokes and made loud noise :)
We took photos (though I still use the old-school cameras, whereas others got digital cameras)
Some of us had beads, while I wore the yellow paper-leis given out by the reunion organizers :)
I also remember our MC, Herman Lee asked who wanted to sing our school song "Black & Gold". I DID! I also won a prize for it! Though next time, I'll also sing "Hail McKinley Hail" as well!
After the official program was over, and people sticked around, we were dancing! I was one of them :)
Too bad that place didn't have a bigger dance floor!
4) Conclusion
I encourage all our positive-minded people to go to your reunions! You'll be glad you did!
As I mentioned in facebook "if I'm still alive when the next reunion comes up, I'M THERE!"
Off course, a former classmate responded by saying "dude, the next reunion is 10 years from now, you'll only be 38"
TRUE! But as I mentioned in earlier blogs, you'll never know when your time is up!
That's why you gotta enjoy the big events in life! Be the life of the party!
(10 years already? Damn I feel old!)
On Saturday night (August 15th), we had the main event at Bonsai Restaurant! It had 2 floors. Our reunion was in the 2nd floor, with a bar and a few tables.
There wasn't much space, which has its pros and cons. The pros is the small space gives us a greater chance to talk to more former classmates crowded among us. That's the point of reunions. The cons are that we could use more room to dance around.
The program itself was from 5pm - 9pm. But we could stick around and party when the general public was invited to Bonsai afterwards!
The next day (Sunday, August 16th) there was a picnic at Ala Moana Beach Park. There were less people, but some were the ones who couldn't make it to the previous night's event. It was mostly due to those people being unable to find a babysitter to watch their kids. But they could bring their kids to the Sunday picnic!
The picnic was very low-key and very relaxing! I brought Tostitos Lime Chips and Chips Ahoy cookies! Others brought pizza, chili, rice, sushi, juice and other items!
Now, on to some commentary
1) One of my classmates said he wasn't planning to come, but came because I sent SO MANY e-mail reminders to my friends about the reunion!
That guy (I won't mention names) said he had some bad memories of high school, and didn't want to see people he didn't like!
But after the reunion, he said it was better than he thought it would be! He even expressed that it was a wake-up call to enjoy life!
He made the correct decision to come. But there's other people who probably didn't go to their reunions because they didn't get along with some people!
THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED!
If you go to a school like mine (with 1800 students) there's no way you'll get along with everyone! But there's also no way everyone would be your enemy!
I predicted that the wanabee thugs, druggies, and other sort of losers will NOT show up for the reunion!
I also predicted that those involved in ethnic gang fights between differing Asian and Pacific groups will not show up to the reunion!
I WAS PROVEN CORRECT!
What people need to understand is that those people didn't even show up for various school activities like Bonfires, luaus, Project Grad, etc.
Those people HATE school, HATE everything, don't like school activities and I knew they had no interest in going to the reunion!
What you also need to understand is that those people were NOT really popular! People just put up with them, because they're afraid to tell them to"SHUT UP!" But the main proof that those losers (wanabee thugs, druggies, etc. ) weren't really popular is that NOBODY INVITED THEM TO THE REUNION! Most people don't want them around!
So if you're worried about your tormentors showing up for your reunion, CHILL! Most likely, nobody reminded them to come! They most likely aren't going to show up anyways!
And even if you do see one of them, no one is going to force you to talk to them! Talk to the people you get along with!
Also, it's 1o YEARS LATER! People change!
I know I irritated some people during my schooling years. I also know from the reunion that most of them forgave me anyways! They knew I didn't have bad intentions, and that we were very immature, and that people mature and grow wiser!
2) Reunions are not only fun, they're inspiring!
At least I know I was inspired
---
For one thing, I witnessed 2 former enemies made peace. Actually, those 2 were friends in elementary and middle school, but had arguments at the start of high school! Those things escalated to the point where they didn't talk to each other for years!
I met them at Kawananakoa Middle School. I got along with them, but wasn't the best friend I should've been! Instead of mediating, I told both people what they said about each other! I totally regret that, and it was eating me up on the inside!
I invited both to the reunion, and we all apologized to each other! It was a special moment!
A lot of people didn't know about this, so I won't mention names!
---
One of my former classmates was in the US military and was fighting wars in the Middle East. Had a lot of near-death experiences, had injuries from IEDs, and probably had many traumatizing moments!
But at the reunion, he showed everyone that he still knows HOW TO PARTY!!!!! He was talking to a lot of people. He was dancing!
He knows from experience how to appreciate life!
That was inspiring!!!!
----
I was talking to Don, who once lived in the same neighborhood growing up. That neighborhood is officially named Puahala Homes, but EVERYONE calls it Lanakila Housing!!! It is a small housing project!
We were the only ones from that hood to show up to the reunion! (however, our high school also had other ghetto communities within the district )
We were trading stories about our childhoods in that communities, the people we grew up with, the blatant welfare fraud committed by our neighbors, etc.
We no longer lived there. Don was saying "you can't live there forever", and you can't live off the government forever". I told him when parents moved out in my early adolescence, I was unhappy that I being uprooted and I mentioned my good memories there! But I totally understood what he said about leaving the hood and accomplishing things!
Our families came from 3rd world nations (my dad's from Mexico, his family is from Laos). Our families struggled with cultural shock and being a minority in a new place. But we made it! I told him "We made it out of the ghetto" and we gave high-fives!
-------
I also was talking to some girls I knew from Lanakila Elementary School. We drifted apart and didn't hang out much after elementary! But there we were at the reunion! As I came up to talk to them, one of them was saying "look, we all from Lanakila Elementary School". It was like a reunion within a reunion! Trading stories about our past and our present! I never had a sister, but talking to those girls, it's like talking to my long-lost sisters!
I was talking to another female classmate from the same elementary school, and she still remembered my brother! The same one still remembered that I memorized the names of U S presidents back in elementary. Then she thought I would be getting my PhD by now [maybe later, but thanks for the thought!:)] We were joking around about some stuff as well! I didn't talk to that girl much in high school (never shared classes for some reason), but at that reunion, it was like time never passed. Another long-lost sister re-united!
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As for my other elementary classmates, I still talk to Jeff on a regular basis. Nicholas (who attended Lanakila for one year) was also at the reunion. That guy started growing late, but now he's taller than me!
Nicholas and I had some common friends like Orlando Holbron and Justin Gonda.Over the years I lost contact with both! However, I heard that Gonda is in jail for raping a girl!
It's a very bad feeling that someone I hung out with in high school has done such a heinous crime! A very sad thing to mention to my former classmates!
---------
I'm sure I must've inspired others as well at the reunion!
Some people couldn't recognize me at 1st because I lost weight.
In my 12th grade year, I was about 220 pounds.
The last time I checked earlier this summer, I'm about 165 pounds!
A lot of people congratulated me on loosing weight.
They asked how I did it! I just told them I did the basics -- eat less meals, walk around more, ride bikes, etc.
--
Some were surprised I became a substitute teacher! I talked to some about the life of a sub!
I also joked to one of my former Lanakila classmates, after becoming a substitute "now I understand why some people were mad at me" in our school days! She just laughed and told me I was a funny guy!
---
I was also inspired by the careers of my classmates.
They include a salon owner, a Christian self-help book author, real estate agent, a forensic science, elementary school teacher, preschool teachers aide, construction worker, a police officer, soldier, engineer, accountant, nurse, cell-phone salesperson, restaurant staff, investment banker, medical student, day care operator, computer technician, building inspector, ........
there's more, but you get the point!
3) The excitement of the reunion!
It was great fun meeting so many people from our younger days! It's just like Project Grad just happened yesterday!
But it was also exciting to find out what they are accomplishing, and what they will become in the future.
We traded jokes and made loud noise :)
We took photos (though I still use the old-school cameras, whereas others got digital cameras)
Some of us had beads, while I wore the yellow paper-leis given out by the reunion organizers :)
I also remember our MC, Herman Lee asked who wanted to sing our school song "Black & Gold". I DID! I also won a prize for it! Though next time, I'll also sing "Hail McKinley Hail" as well!
After the official program was over, and people sticked around, we were dancing! I was one of them :)
Too bad that place didn't have a bigger dance floor!
4) Conclusion
I encourage all our positive-minded people to go to your reunions! You'll be glad you did!
As I mentioned in facebook "if I'm still alive when the next reunion comes up, I'M THERE!"
Off course, a former classmate responded by saying "dude, the next reunion is 10 years from now, you'll only be 38"
TRUE! But as I mentioned in earlier blogs, you'll never know when your time is up!
That's why you gotta enjoy the big events in life! Be the life of the party!
Another former student passed away
Last month, I mentioned that one of my former students, Tatiana Beasley, whom I met when I subbed @ Roosevelt High School in 2006, died in a car accident!
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-memory-of-tatiana-beasley.html
Now, I've come to find out another of my former students from the same neighborhood has died so young.
In this case, it is Makamae Ah Mook Sang.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090819_Girls_death_sparks_search_for_man_24.html
Police and the family of a 15-year-old Papakolea girl who died after drinking at the home of a 24-year-old Hawaii Kai man are asking for help in finding him.
Makamae Ah Mook Sang had gotten her parents' permission to sleep over at her hula friend's house in Kahala after performing at Kamehameha Schools on July 29, said mother Tracy Ah Mook Sang.
Instead, she had gone to a party in Hawaii Kai, at the home of the 18-year-old girl's boyfriend's cousin.
"If we really had a clue or hint, we would not even let her go at all," said her mother.
The next morning the family received a call from the hospital where Makamae Ah Mook Sang died of alcohol poisoning.
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I remember hearing of this story on the Channel 2 news on 7/31/09, and the 1st name sounded familiar, but that news story didn't mention her school or her neighborhood, so I wasn't sure if it's the one that I met when I was subbing at Stevenson Middle School back in 2006-2007.
But just reading this week's Star Bulletin article, which mentioned that at the time of her death, Makamae was a student @ Roosevelt High School (where most Stevenson alumni go to high school), and lived in Papakolea, I know that was the same one!
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What I mostly remembered about Makamae was that she liked to talk a lot, even to the point where her classmates had to tell her to be quiet. I also remember needed to be corrected in pronouncing her 1st name! ( a common occurrence for substitute teachers having to memorize so many new names all in one day)
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I've only been a substitute teacher for 4 years, and already 2 of my former students died of alcohol-related incidents.
So much potential in both of those young women, never to be realized. So much accomplishments they'll never have the chance to achieve! So many sad memories for the young people of Papakolea, knowing that their young neighbors died so soon!
It is also a cautionary tale in resisting peer pressure in dealing with alcohol! It ain't as easy as it sounds, but the necessary things are NEVER easy!
Even if it means walking out on your friends as they mock you, do whatever you can to avoid the pitfalls of alcoholism and drug abuse!
Otherwise, you'll never get the chance to look back and say "I resisted peer pressure and lived to talk about it"
http://pablowegesend.blogspot.com/2009/07/in-memory-of-tatiana-beasley.html
Now, I've come to find out another of my former students from the same neighborhood has died so young.
In this case, it is Makamae Ah Mook Sang.
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090819_Girls_death_sparks_search_for_man_24.html
Police and the family of a 15-year-old Papakolea girl who died after drinking at the home of a 24-year-old Hawaii Kai man are asking for help in finding him.
Makamae Ah Mook Sang had gotten her parents' permission to sleep over at her hula friend's house in Kahala after performing at Kamehameha Schools on July 29, said mother Tracy Ah Mook Sang.
Instead, she had gone to a party in Hawaii Kai, at the home of the 18-year-old girl's boyfriend's cousin.
"If we really had a clue or hint, we would not even let her go at all," said her mother.
The next morning the family received a call from the hospital where Makamae Ah Mook Sang died of alcohol poisoning.
---
I remember hearing of this story on the Channel 2 news on 7/31/09, and the 1st name sounded familiar, but that news story didn't mention her school or her neighborhood, so I wasn't sure if it's the one that I met when I was subbing at Stevenson Middle School back in 2006-2007.
But just reading this week's Star Bulletin article, which mentioned that at the time of her death, Makamae was a student @ Roosevelt High School (where most Stevenson alumni go to high school), and lived in Papakolea, I know that was the same one!
--
What I mostly remembered about Makamae was that she liked to talk a lot, even to the point where her classmates had to tell her to be quiet. I also remember needed to be corrected in pronouncing her 1st name! ( a common occurrence for substitute teachers having to memorize so many new names all in one day)
---
I've only been a substitute teacher for 4 years, and already 2 of my former students died of alcohol-related incidents.
So much potential in both of those young women, never to be realized. So much accomplishments they'll never have the chance to achieve! So many sad memories for the young people of Papakolea, knowing that their young neighbors died so soon!
It is also a cautionary tale in resisting peer pressure in dealing with alcohol! It ain't as easy as it sounds, but the necessary things are NEVER easy!
Even if it means walking out on your friends as they mock you, do whatever you can to avoid the pitfalls of alcoholism and drug abuse!
Otherwise, you'll never get the chance to look back and say "I resisted peer pressure and lived to talk about it"
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Coming soon to this Blog
I will be writing about my recent reunion ! It was the 10-year reunion for the McKinley High School c/o 99!
It was a very positive event!
So many thoughts on it, so little time to write it all now!
Come back and check out what I wrote on it later!
It was a very positive event!
So many thoughts on it, so little time to write it all now!
Come back and check out what I wrote on it later!
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