Aloha!
I woke up this morning and I couldn't believe that we
have been in Hawaii for ten days already. It seems like I
have been waiting for this trip to come forever and now it
is almost over. So far I am have a great time and seem to be
learning so much about the Hawaiian culture that I would
never be able to experience back at home. Today our first
presentation was about Sovereignty Issues in Hawaii. Going
into the class I didn't know how I felt about the topic
but when I walked out I was so amazed and interested in it.
Back at home we never would learn about how much a certain
amount of Hawaiians don't want to be a part of the United
States. This is one thing I learned about the people of
Hawaii that I didn't know about before. Later we all
walked in the beautiful weather over to get lunch on the
other side of campus. Since we are at the University of
Hawaii I thought it was appropriate to bring some clothing
back to remember my trip by. Our next presentation was also
interesting which was about Current Issues in Hawaii. Here
we learned about the major problems that are important on
the islands of Hawaii right now. As our trip has been going
on, I have seen that there are a lot of people that aren't
that fortunate as others. One of the main problems in Hawaii
is that the cost of living here is so expensive that even
the people that work forty hours a week can't afford to
pay to live here. We also got to see how the people of
Hawaii want to preserve their land and will try and do
anything to keep it the way their ancestors once had it.
After class, a couple of new friends that I made on this
trip all went out to the Cheesecake Factory. It was a great
dinner and I enjoyed it very much. From being on this trip,
I can see that some people can't afford to find food, so
instead of throwing out our leftovers, our group gave it to
the less fortunate. At this point in the trip I am have a
great time and think that this is an amazing experience that
I am going to remember forever.
Michelle Lewkowicz
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