Hula

“CRACK!” Glass shatters across the kitchen floor and instantly a pool of yellow fills in the lines of the tiles. The scent of mustard consumes the room; I look down at the bright stain on my brand new cutoff jeans, and started to tear up. Rachel’s grandma gives me a lazy apology for the stain and proceeds to clean up and finish making the sandwiches for our trip to the river. We were heading to the McKenzie River for a day of white river rafting, an event I was dreading the prior 24 hours. A day…

Discussion: There is a statistically significant positive relationship between the height of the milkweed plant and its number of seedpods. This contradicts the trade-off hypothesis between plant height and the number of seeds produced. The milkweeds may be devoting more resources towards growth earlier in the growing season, and later devoting more resources towards reproduction, which would imply that there is indeed a certain resource allocation strategy that the plants are…

My Life started on January 31, 1993 in good old Fiji, Suva. A small country in located in the Pacific, with its rich Fijian culture and heritage. I was the first Grandson from my mother’s side and the third from my Father’s side. My life in Fiji lasted about six years. All of those years, I was raised by my Grandparents. Both my Parents were upper class businessmen so Family time was limited but I was never ignored by my mother or father. My sister was born exactly three year and Nine month…

One traditional proverb that captures the Hawaiian religious perspective towards the environment is, “He aliʻi ka ʻaina, he kaua ke kanaka.” The phrase literally translates as, the land is a chief, and the people are its servants,” which defines the relationship that Native Hawaiians have with their ecological environment. Prior to western contact, native Hawaiians structured their society around the ideology that the land they inhabited was their superior and that it was their responsibility to…

Boys would have Tonka trucks, toy hammers, screwdrivers, drills, match box car and the most used toy, Mr. Potato Head™. For girls, the toys revolved more around stereotypical feminine activities. Some toys that girls had included; The Hula Hoop™, Play-Doh™, Barbie™, etc. Some other toys were offensive to some women, but for most women, it was not unheard of for things to be sexist. Even though toys back then were known as sexist, there was also a new booming business with unisex toys…

At Turtle Rock, a lot of improvements can be made by just evaluating one of their threats: the set, repetitive, schedule that creates time constraints and limits the students from participating in challenging and engaging activities. Below are some research based theories and principles on why the set schedule is a threat to the youth participants and what the potential solutions there are. There is too much unstructured play time. Students spend a maximum of 4 hours a day at the program, but…

When it comes to today’s youth, health is becoming an increasing concern. One can argue that a child’s health ultimately starts in utero and the basis of one’s choices as an adult begins during childhood. “Among children in the developing world, iron is the most common single-nutrient deficiency” (Baker & Greer, 2010). Many factors play into a child’s health including social and personal determinants and those who children spend time with including parents and educators. First, let us look…

Lono and Kū are two Hawaiian gods that were most often represented through feathered basketry and wooden sculptures. Lono is known as the god of agriculture, plants, rain, pigs, peace, and most often connected to the idea of genealogy; while Kū is well known as the god of war, forests, canoes, houses, and crafts. These are two opposing gods in Hawaiian culture and are dependent on each other because of their juxtaposition to one another. They complete a sort of higher balance between each other…

complimentary Hawaiian society and expressions exhibitions that showcase the state's history and conventions. There are different cultural programs people can join which includes Hawaiian quilting, learning how to play the ukulele, learning how to dance hula, making leis, and kapa cloth…

Whitewashing has become increasingly prevalent in modern entertainment, and Hollywood continues to cast Caucasian actors in minority roles. This pattern of casting encourages cultural appropriation, and also prevents ethnically diverse actors from becoming established in the film industry. The term “show business” in reference to Hollywood is extremely applicable; studios are so concerned with the “business” aspect that they often employ celebrities for the sole purpose of capitalizing on their…