My Haole Boy (Waimea, Naalehu: private schools, live, bus)

[Lambert]

For those who are concerned about how haole children get along in the schools I have a short story.

My son was out of school all last week. On Friday my husband went to the school to pick up some work so he would not be too far behind. With the work was a folder full of letters and pictures from his classmates. The girls drew hearts and pictures of boys and girls holding hands. It's making me tear up now thinking about how wonderfully sweet that was.

[Sorcerer68]

Originally Posted by Lambert

For those who are concerned about how haole children get along in the schools I have a short story.

My son was out of school all last week. On Friday my husband went to the school to pick up some work so he would not be too far behind. With the work was a folder full of letters and pictures from his classmates. The girls drew hearts and pictures of boys and girls holding hands. It's making me tear up now thinking about how wonderfully sweet that was.

Wow...that's different than my experience at Naalehu Elementary in the 70's. My life as a blonde, blue-eyed haole boy was a story of black eyes, bloody noses and a broken spirit. I'm glad your son is having a good experience there, that makes me happy.

[Indigoblue92]

Wish I could say the same for my daughter - her experience has not been good here for the last 3 years at all!

[IntoTheMystic]

Originally Posted by Sorcerer68

Wow...that's different than my experience at Naalehu Elementary in the 70's. My life as a blonde, blue-eyed haole boy was a story of black eyes, bloody noses and a broken spirit. I'm glad your son is having a good experience there, that makes me happy.

This is still a daily occurance.

[Sorcerer68]

Originally Posted by IntoTheMystic

This is still a daily occurance.

Yeah, that's what the kids tell me. I'm still glad the OP's son is doing well.

[New_Zealand_Princess]

Umm can i ask what is Haole?? LOL might sound like a dumb question but...

[Jungjohann]

Went to Catholic school for a few years as a kid, got picked on and beaten up on a fairly regular basis by the older students, nice Christian boys. I don't think it's that much worse in Hawaii. Then again, I'm not going to junior high any longer, more like AARP graduate school!!

Aloha and okolemaluna

[Sorcerer68]

Originally Posted by Jungjohann

Went to Catholic school for a few years as a kid, got picked on and beaten up on a fairly regular basis by the older students, nice Christian boys. I don't think it's that much worse in Hawaii. Then again, I'm not going to junior high any longer, more like AARP graduate school!!

Aloha and okolemaluna

I moved back and forth. In Hawaii it was merciless. They'd surround me like a pack of Jackels and beat the crap out of me one or several days a week. When I came back to the mainland it stopped completely except for the odd, random older bully. I was back and forth a few times growing up. Coloring had everything to do with it. My dark haired, brown eyed, olive skinned haole friends did fine. Nobody picked on them. My white blonde hair, clear blue eyes and very white skin made me a target. I never sought trouble and always treated everyone with respect but my childhood there was a nightmare. Naalehu was the lonliest for me. The teachers treated me in a "separate but equal" fashion. When we moved to Waimea it got a little better until a huge family (aren't they all?) decided to have beef with me (like I said, I was quiet and respectful) and I finally started ditching school because I couldn't take it anymore. I'd take a good book and I'd sit on top of a hill until it was time to go home. I'd often hitchike so I wouldn't get beaten up on the bus or getting off it. Sometimes I'd walk the few miles to school on the busy highway. At least I had friends as there were some other haole kids to play with. That was grades 4-6. My friends in private schools like Parker or HPA said this didn't happen to them.
Mahalo Nui Loa

[Jungjohann]

I think the "huge family, aren't they all" statement speaks volumes.

Aloha and okolemaluna

[DDane]

Funny how you can have a totally cool foreign born person running with the cool kids and another in the classroom right next door being beaten up.

I thought if your racist you'd hate all of them?