Education in Hawai'i

Education is really important in Hawai'i as well as other places. We must work together to keep our keiki in school and out of trouble. We must make sure that our keiki of all ages get through with their education, so they can share that knowledge with their family, friends, and others who don't know what they know. We have a low average rate of graduates, because they choose to do other things and not school. And we need that average rate to get higher and see more of our keiki graduate.

However, how can they do that if we are losing teachers? And how can we go to school if there’s some that are closing down? Without education we can't go that far. We need degrees and certificates to say where and what we can do for a living. We can’t teach/work if we don’t have the papers that say we are qualified to do what we want to do. I just want to see the next generations complete their school with the right teachers and believe that there are a lot of possibilities and opportunities for them once they finish their education.

And now we have all these candidates who are running for office that is saying they want to improve and see that things for education will follow through. They all claim that education is important and would like to work at fixing that problem. Some sounded convincing and some sounded like they did not know what they were talking about. When we see that the schools and education is improving then we know that some of these candidates are doing the right thing. Then they bring up the con-con. I didn’t know what that is and I still don’t know. I do know that many who’s running for office is against it, because the con-con is taking funds away from certain things and educational faculties are one of them. They want to fix the budgets for schools to open more private schools? I don’t agree with that, because we need our teachers and we can’t do that if their money is being taken away. And we don’t need more private schools to be open, we have enough. What we need are more educators to teach our keiki and give them the education that they need.

Sources:
-Maui Candidates
-Native Hawaiian Chambers of Commerce gathering