text: Hey there Ethan. I'm a little concerned with your ask. I think that the world has much to offer and we should not turn our backs to that. The Hawaiian people understood this, and 
  embraced what it had to offer. Early Hawaiians and even current Hawaiians are navigators and forward thinkers. They integrate what they learn from their travels into their own culture. For example, The palace was the first to have electricity in the US (I have heard), along with other modern conventions like running water and sewage. We also recieved many beloved things from other places like Hawaiian bracelets, and for some Christianity. Let's not turn our backs to what others are doing well, but instead embrace it as a possibility for making education work in Hawaii. More so, let's work TOGETHER not against eachother as it's going to take all of us to improve education in Hawaii.
  
  Kellee Kelly
  Special education teacher, DOE