I've been gone for two weeks, I was attending a summer program aimed at enriching Hawaiian children in their culture. I had a fantastic time it was a very compelling experience. The goal of the program was to help high-school students answer the questions like "who are you", what do you want to do, and who do you want to be, by amercing them in a mixture of culture and academics. I with along with another 49 students from all across Ka pae aina o Hawaii were given the chance to get to know each other quite intimately, because it was a residential camp. We were broken up into five groups based on our unique interests each group had 10-13 kids. I entered myself into the "Ho'owaiwai Kalaikaiaola O Hawaii" or Hawaiian ecology group. The focus of my group ranged from
watersheds, to lo'i (irrigated gardens) to loko i'a (fish ponds) we were even given the opportunity to paint a mural. during the evenings our counselors would bring in people of all professions one night it was a designer, the next a souse chef, also slam poets, traditional tattoo artists, choreographers, people of all backgrounds and professions. This time spent there gave a clearer vision of what i would like to become as an adult, it let me asses what is important to me in life, and what I don't need to waste anymore energy on. I became very close with my fellow peers, and I dearly miss them. I will defiantly be attending this program next year, and if you have a son/daughter going into high-school who is of Hawaiian decent please enter them into this program. It's called Napua No'eau Summer institute. It has deeply moved me in ways that I've never felt before. Mahalo!
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