Is There Really All This Haole Hate In Hawaii? (Honolulu: rent, condo)

[Indigoblue92]

Jung - if there's such a surplus of money to be invested in Hawaii's public schools - why isn't it being done on O'ahu?

I drive my daughter 45 minutes from Hawaii Kai to Kailua to attend one of the better public schools on the island. They promised total renovation of the entire school before starting this school year. They painted. PERIOD. They promised air conditioning in all classrooms. My daughter comes home wet with sweat because they have a single fan in her classroom.

Where is all this funding and why isn't it being put into the schools like the parents were promised it would be?

[Jungjohann]

Blue,
I have no idea as to why the state would make a promise regarding AC and other upgrades and then not do it. Perhaps a call or two to your local state representative would make a difference. Why drive all the way to Kailua when there are schools in Hawaii Kai? And the state is running a tax surplus, just check your property tax bill!

Aloha

[Indigoblue92]

I shall make some calls, but previous calls got me nowhere.

Since I didn't want to make my daughter change schools AGAIN, after we moved from Kahala to Kailua and then to Hawaii Kai, I kept her in the school in Kailua. It's rated as one of the top schools and is in better shape than the school in our Hawaii Kai district. I could not get her a GE to the better Hawaii Kai school anyway.

I can't check my property tax bill though, because we rent only.

You wouldn't happen to know anyone who would like to rent a 3 bedroom house on the Hawaii Kai golf course with a fully enclosed garage and swimming pool, would ya? We're looking to move from here back to the mainland soon!

[Jungjohann]

Blue,
If I were looking for a place in Hawaii Kai I'ld take you up on that. Had a place at the Mount Terrace, another at Heritage House, a while back. Used to hang at a resturaunt at the Koko Marina, when a shark had gotten into the waterway, and couldn't seem to find it's way out. You could see it's dorsal fin pop up every once in a while. Best of luck in your endeavors, truly sorry that your Hawaii experience didn't work out for you, maybe I've been lucky. Was adopted, well hanai anyways, by the Akina family years ago, made all the difference, I had more Hawaiian freinds than haoles, and this was in 1975.

Aloha nui loa

[thornpicker]

Just reading what I've read here over the past day, I am amazed at those who feel that they are so picked on in Hawaii...you poor thing

I also expressed my personal experiences and have had them discounted, but there are obviously some who feel that others aren't worthy of the island lifestyle..shame on their supremicy

I am so torn by recent comments on this thread because I actually feel for some of you who have had adverse reactions to the local population, although I personally believe the old cliche posted over and over again on this site that you get what you give. Those people who are the "victims" of their lives are the ones who have the most discontent

You get out of it what you make of it
Statistics count for something, but not for much in a place of experiences

Have a nice time moving back to California

I'll gladly take your place in 2 years

Aloha,
Thornpicker

[tiffan28]

Thanks for sharing these links.

Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter

Hawaii schools - HI elementary, middle and high school information

[Skittle]

Originally Posted by smarino

The schools actually do have Beat Up A Haole Day.

What is that? What do they do? I never heard of it.

[Skittle]

Originally Posted by redbird4848

This post is racism in itself. You should rephrase the sentence as "I" get sick of hearing "pidgin"...because personally, hearing different dialects and being around different cultures is not sickening to me.

So you found that people of another culture do not speak as "perfect" english as you do? Geez. Your unhappiness begins within your own heart.

The sooner you leave the sooner you will find your take your unahappiness with you. You sound like someone who will find something offensive whereever you go. Try to remember even on the mainland, people speak english with different accents.

We have two very close friends who teach in an elementary school. The school's definitely do not suck. Maybe your unhappiness is blinding you to a greater extent than you realize.

Good post! That's exactly what I thought when I read it. I actually like pidgin even though I don't always understand it.


I love Hawaii. Yes, I've made BAD experiences with many people and I still experience racism today. However, I've met the nicest people here on Hawaii, and I've made many friends. I agree as far as the bad driving *lol*. My husband and I will be leaving the Island in January which will be very hard for me. Alltogether, Hawaii has been a great experience for us. And those few bad memories........we don't really bother to much ;-). Bless them and keep going.

[Jungjohann]

Beat up a Haole day is the fifth tuesday of every month, and doesn't only pertain to locals beating up haoles, it's just kids acting like kids, and it's something I've never heard of. Nice way to misrepresent Hawaii. At least it's not 3 kids getting shot in the head in NJ.

Aloha

[Ohana Leilani]

I was born and raised in Hawaii. My mom was Hawaiian, my dad from Michigan. Being the youngest out of six kids, seems that I suffered experiences like that of my siblings...locals vs. haoles! But I'm not a haole! I'm hapa haole, but that made no difference with the hate that came from some of the local kids as I was growing up. Just because my skin was a bit lighter was all the reason some people had to justify beating me up. It got so bad, that I was deathly afraid to go to school or even leave my front yard! I'm in the states now and have been since 1975. I couldn't wait to get off the island and leave all that hate behind. I visited my family a few years ago when my dad was ill and soon to pass. Despite the years that had gone by, I was still afraid to walk down the street. I love my family who still live in the islands, I miss Hawaii...but, I'm in no hurry to go back to live in that fear again. There is definitely a racial issue there and the saddest part of it all is that I am Hawaiian...I belong, that's my home!