How Hawaii Public School Prepared Me For the Real World (for the c/o 2023)
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
- Having graduated from public school in Hawaii, I wanted to share some practical advice for this year's Hawaii high school graduates. Each year, I make a video where I offer some advice and this year, I wanted to share what Hawaii public school taught me. Only with time and life experience am I able to look back on my public school years and really see what I learned then to prepare me for life now. So here are three lessons I learned from public school that have prepared me, in a way, for adult life in the workplace. Congratulations to the 2023 graduates. 🤙
Intro - 0:00
Life Lesson No. 1 from Hawaii Public School - 0:54
Life Lesson No. 2 from Hawaii Public School - 6:49
Life Lesson No. 3 from Hawaii Public School - 8:47
Closing Thoughts - 10:59
Filmed using the Canon M6 Mark II.
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As a retired educator, this is a good topic to share experiences of the good and bad in public education. There are a ton of epic teachers out there, and yes, some poor ones as well. It's a fact in all professions, and a good life lesson. Aloha from the Bay Area.
Yay for all of us that went to public schools and survived! And now I have younger family members that are teachers and are working in public schools in Hawaii and California. Another great video, Chris!
Mahalo
I went to Public School all my life. Nuuanu Elementary, Kawananakoa Intermediate, Highlands Intermediate, Pearl City High School. I learned how to get along with others. I loved going to school in town, the diversity of people and being around downtown were good. Pearl City was different but ok, I just had to adapt to being in a suburban school. I do keep in touch with my classmates and friends, but I live in the Albuquerque now. I feel like home here. Low cost of living, but same like Hawaii. Just different cultures involved. A lot of my public education I can use in my life up here. It's interesting when watching others have a hard time adapting and are unable to make friends in new environments. I'm proud to have grown up in HI.
Interesting school history. Started in town and ended up in Pearl City. Must have had a lot of friends all over.
my perspective on public vs private school has changed quite a bit since becoming a parent. i'm grateful for the lessons I learned going to public school, they were almost all non-academic lol. But I think most important was being surrounded by others with different backgrounds and upbringings
My opinions have gone back and forth, but now that I'm a parent, I'm comfortable to say that I believe in public education. Taught me a lot and thankful for my parents who helped me stay on track.
Please take the time to go visit a private school campus. I think you'll be surprised at the diversity you will find. Have you seen the diverse composition of the Punahou football team, for example? Ethnic diversity, socioeconomic diversity, etc? Private schools are not only composed of "rich kids". Financial aid and scholarships are awarded to people from many different backgrounds. We REALLY need to get away from this notion that private schools lack diversity.
I go to Kapolei High (Go Hurricanes!) and I graduate next week. And I feel that attending public school has definitely influenced my life positively, the good and the bad. I just wish I could go back and enjoy those moments again, while they lasted.
Yup, public school is the real world. Another great video.
No it's not. Hawaii public schools are the furthest thing from the "real world" that you can get. See my post above. I attended public school for my entire schooling. It's NOT the "real world". I've seen so many public school kids swear at the teacher. Flat out disrespect their teachers, and nothing is done. If a private school kid swears at a teacher, discipline is swift. Try going to work in the "real world" and try swearing at your boss. You think you'll have a job after that? So you tell me which is more "real world"?
Thank you for a pleasant, informative video. I agree that being surrounded by different types of people in high school helps you to be be patient and tolerant.
There are disadvantages to being a wealthy child who is always surrounded by other wealthy kids. You start assuming that only people like you are worth talking to.
Thanks for sharing this! Very encouraging while wrapping up my 1st year teaching social studies in Maui. It's not how I imagined starting my 2nd decade in education but I'm grateful for a beautiful place to bounce back from the hybrid school years. Imua!
Mahalo for teaching in Hawaii. I'm sure you've learned a lot in just your first year here. Hope you get a nice summer break.
I always enjoy your topics, thank you for the vlog. It was an excellent message to this year's graduating class and actually anyone of any age. Try hard, persevere, don't be afraid to ask questions, doing something wrong is not necessarily a failure so long as you learn something from it. There will always be roadblocks, you can choose how to navigate the roadblock physically and mentally.
The best teacher in High School I experienced was in a Public School.
It was an English class.
She was outrageously fabulous. The class was genius. It was brilliant simplicity. All we studied was English vocabulary.
The intellectual magnificence it generated in the classroom was infinitely beyond exciting.
We had a raging intellectual party every single Class and nobody missed one session. The energy was sizzling.
Local kids, rip roaring in all manner of conversation overflowing with VIBE.
By the way.
Our Teacher was black.
A Lady from the U.S. Mainland who all of the kids loved so much that the Vahine students cried and hugged her when the class was ending. The Kane students couldn't thank her enough. We'd all gather around her and talk with her all through the time allotted to get to our next classroom even though we had to run there so as to not be late.
Freshman year.
Public High School, Oahu,
1975.
I had a great teacher from the mainland too. She was from North Carolina. Tough, but fair.
You have really learned from all your experiences! It's making you a great dad as well! (Grad Radford 🤙 but in Virginia now)
Ram down 🤙🏽 I graduated from Radford too in 2016!
Excellent topic. I agree a good and bad teachers are out there. I’ve had similar experience in public school. My parents always said to make a copy of his assignments at my parents work place. I’m so glad I listened to them. Sometimes I feel that those bad teachers and or people gives us the experience so when we go out into the workplace. I was bake to handle bad bosses and or choose another profession. And I agree being exposed to student who have parents with family situations. Which helps us to adapt to the real life. Hands on life experience is the best way to learn in life. Thank you for another wonderful topic of discussion. Aloha from the Big Island.
Mahalo for the comment. I would have taken a picture of my assignments before turning in if I had a camera phone back then. Only had the Nokia phones. :)
This is such a great video. We're contemplating moving to Maui and everyone is telling me to not even consider putting our kids in public school. That is such a short sided and privileged mind set.
My kids will definitely go to public school.
I agree. Mainland doesn't care what high school you when grad.
College you need short term view for long term goals. You can grunt through a quarter or semester but in the work force your efforts are not seen. Only you know your true long term goals...short term sacrifice can be very rewarding. Great points Chris.
Mahalo for the comment. Agree about how things are in the workplace. Efforts are sometimes gone unseen, but lots of opportunity for intrinsic rewards.
Well said young man.
Those “connections” you speak of regarding private school are the problem with private school. Might catch cracks for that comment but I went Castle, so it won’t bother me. 🤙🏽
lol. :)
Seriously! Schools like Punahou have counterparts on the mainland, they're called prep schools and they're almost more important than college because you make *connections* that get you all through life. You don't have to have things "made" by going to college, your life was "made" for you when your rich parents sent you to Punahou. Trust me, no one wants to give any kind of consideration to someone who went to Kahuku.
Aloha, Chris!
Any school is what you make of it.
Aloha 🌺🥰
Da only ting da public skoo da lunch awful !
😬😁💥
We all scared eat um !
Almos no mo nuhting on da plate too, OMG!
😝
Interesting perspective! Reflecting back as a student perspective for one public school is one point of view. Everywhere is different.
A teacher's perspective is different.
The student demographics vary in each school.
For every Advanced Placement class, there are more general classes.
A teacher has an average of 35 students and 5 or 6 periods to teach. That's a lot of papers to read and correct daily.
The preparation varies per class. The Advanced Placement class takes more time to prepare for the curriculum and the general classes takes more time to manage and discipline the unprepared students. Many didn't have school supplies.
A great teacher has to balance curriculum and management.
A big school might have 8 teachers in a department.
The inexperienced teacher will always get the less desired classes. The experienced teachers have the classes with less management problems.
The teachers need to divide the classes among them..
Private school has fewer management problems than public schools. If students are misbehaving they get expelled. Public schools can only suspend the child.
A great teacher balance work and personal life and inspires the hundreds of students every year!
We need to prepare students for their future and not the past! Everyone needs to be lifelong learners. Artificial Intelligence will change the future just like the calculators, computers, and smart devices.
You must be a public school teacher! Everything you said is true! In my early years as an English teacher in a public school, I often had classes of 35-40. Back then (mid-80's), we placed students by ability level (homogeneous grouping), so I would get the average and below average groups. But, no matter what ability, the classes BEFORE lunch were always so much better behaved than classes AFTER lunch.
Anyway, I was asked to help judge statewide speech and debate competitions and my first time was at a competition at Iolani. When I got to the room, there was a host student from Iolani to introduce the judges and contestants. The room was sparsely furnished with only 20 desks and the teacher's desk. I remarked to the host that this must be a small class to which she replied, "Well, the maximum number of students allowed in a class is 20, so it's actually "large." I also found out Iolani teachers only taught a maximum of 4 periods, so if they max out, they would have a total of 80 students! My periods 1-2 alone was almost 80!
But, as I am now retired after 40 years in the public school system, here's the thing. If you can somehow manage to tough it out in the DOE, the benefits are awesome. (Thank you, taxpayers!) Most private school benefits are not nearly as good. I know this first hand because at one point midway in my career, I applied for a position at Iolani, but when I read their benefit package carefully, I canceled my interview.
@s p Yes, I retired after 30 years. I know teachers that are still teaching at Iolani School.
My experience as an educator in 3 districts, secondary math at 5 high schools, technology specialist / librarian at 2 elementary schools, district resource teacher, and an administrator as the state educational computer specialist.
Some great inspirational movies:
Stand and Deliver
The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout-prone students to learn calculus.
Holland's Opus began with a movie, based on a true story, of composer and reluctant music teacher, Glenn Holland (played by Oscar-winning actor Richard Dreyfuss), who, over the course of his career, touched the lives of generations of students, while struggling with shrinking budgets and shifting priorities to keep .
Dead Poets Society
Production Year: 1989
Starring: Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke
Mahalo for sharing a teacher's perspective. Looking forward to how AI changes education. I can already imagine how it will change any writing assignment.
Young people, STOP looking for employment! Put all your efforts to build your own business: something you will be proud of, that will make you happy and wealthy. You will never be rich working for somebody else. All these companies will pay you just enough to keep you coming until they don't need you anymore. There is no time in history like today when it is so easy to launch your own business. Just go for it!
How someone going to start a business with no skill
We all did already! We sold musubi and Arizona iced tea at school. 20% markup from 7-11 and no need leave campus.
;)
Mahalo for the suggestion. There are many who are trying to create small businesses, but it's been a tough economic environment here, as with other places.
I attended Hawaii public schools from K to 12. Have a kid who attended public school for the first half of his schooling, then private school for the second half of his schooling. Some of my thoughts.
First, there are both good and bad teachers at both private and public schools. Students who are motivated, and who want to learn, will do well no matter where they go to school. You can get an EXCELLENT education at both a public or a private school. It lies with the student and their support system. Period.
With that said, I think private schools offer more of a "real world" experience than public schools because they hold their students accountable. Public schools don't hold their students accountable. I've personally seen public school students swear at teachers, disrespect teachers, drink on campus, bring contraband on campus, etc., and virtually nothing is done. This is not "real world". If a private school student swears at a teacher, that student will immediately be warned and disciplined. If the disrespect continues, that student will be kicked out. Get caught drinking or doing drugs, during school, on a private school campus? You're done. So tell me which is more "real world". Try going to your job and telling your boss, "F-you!" when you disagree with him, and see what happens. Try drinking or smoking pot while at your job, and see what happens to you. I was allowed to pass classes and graduate, from Hawaii public schools, without ever doing any school work. None. I've got caught cheating so many times, and nothing is done. Private schools hold their students accountable, and discipline reflects what will happen in the "real world" much more than what public schools offer.
This notion that private school kids are "sheltered" is just ridiculous. Private school kids have friends and cousins who attend both private and public schools. They play club sports (outside of school) that is composed of teammates from both public and private schools and who come from all walks of life. High school kids work at part-time jobs that places them in contact with people from all walks of life and of different ages, religious and political beliefs, etc. Let's not make it seem that private school kids grow up in an isolated plastic bubble. They have lives outside of school.
Next, as far as "rich" private school parents. Just remember one thing - these parents are paying tuition to send their kids to private schools while at the same time, still paying taxes to support public school resources and teacher salaries that their own kids are not even benefitting from. So be thankful for these parents for not utilizing resources that they are paying for, leaving more resources for those who attend public schools.
I could keep going, but I'll stop here.
we ALL pay taxes to support public school resources. Even those that do not have kids. I could keep going too, but I’ll stop here
About the advantages and disadvantages of public schools, all depend on where they are located and the economic demographics of the area. This is a big deal because economic strata will have different life and educational values, aspirations., and way of life. That's the fact of life. Btw, that honors social studies teacher of yours did not loose your papers, he did not like you and had something against you.
Who "cares" where YOU graduated from High School....I agree 100 %. (Especially on the Mainland.) I am a Mainland College Graduate.
Yeah, it's a Hawaii thing.
Especially because, if you're working-class, you could probably not afford to graduate. I went to public schools but I could not afford to stay in school to "grad" I needed to get out and work or I was going to literally starve to death. I went downtown to the dept. of education and took the GED all in one sitting (it wasn't hard) and that was my "grad". When I enlisted in the Army I weighed less than 100 lbs - it was a matter of lack of food.
You should have gone to Campbell.
You learn how to scrap…
I graduated from Kaimuki High, it was an absolute joke. I got suspended for arguing with a history teacher who was teaching 6 grade history that was wrong. I knew it was wrong because my mom was in the graduate UH Manoa archaeology program and her books directly contradicted what she was teaching. After I got suspended my mom tried to have a meeting with the teachers and the principle and literally none of them showed up. It was stunning at how grossly incompetent the teachers were. I've never seen anything like it in college or any of my career choices.
It’s “Principal”
Aloha!
Mahalo for sharing. Sounds rough. Didn't happen during my time at McKinley.
@@jdenino6022 it's auto correct choosing words, it was more important to me to convey the point.
@@HelloFromHawaii McKinley was clearly a better school, everyone I knew who went there including one of my best friends had a substantially better high school experience than I did. Ten years after I graduated Kaimuki high was sued by a student for religious persecution and won. Do you know how badly you have to screw up to lose a religious persecution case? Thank you for listening!
@@biggaywizard no problemo!
Maybe you should have taken a picture of your paper with your smartphone before you gave it to the teacher. lol. It would have been date stamped on the phone.
I only had a Nokia phone. No camera. :)
@@HelloFromHawaii Oh that's too bad. I bet you have an iphone now though. 😉
30% of taxes Hawaii get should go to schools and schools should be free even colleges.
The DOE budget is pretty significant. Not sure about overall percentage, but it's pretty big.
I wouldn't say private school is "sheltering" anyone from diversity of economics, language, culture, or world view. My private school in Hawaii was filled with millionaire's children from around Hawaii and the pacific rim. Japanese real estate magnate's children are fundamentally different than children with parents from Australian private equity, or Tahitian hoteliers, or Macau casino owners. So diverse lol
But seriously though, no matter the school, no matter how homogenous it may seem, you'll always tend to find your tribe.
My wife also went to a school with many affluent kids. I can't imagine that kind of environment, especially in high school.
@@HelloFromHawaii if people aren't exposed to those kinds of lifestyles early (esp among peers), then it's much more difficult to form meaningful (or realistic) aspirations for one's own life
*My private school in Hawaii was filled with millionaire's children from around Hawaii and the pacific rim.* Do you listen to yourself, like, ever?
@@alexcarter8807 It's meant to be cringe, public
I never had a good math teacher who could apply formulas to the real world.
In math, I was learning through worksheets and textbooks with sample problems. Real world application would have been nice.
@@HelloFromHawaii ...why I became an artist instead.
Lessons from Hawaii public schoo'
(1) Always carry a knife.
(2) School is a place to keep you inside, off of the streets. You have to learn on your own.
(3) Don't take drugs. Examples of how stupid drug-taking is are all around you
(4) Look down a lot - kids drop all kinds of stuff, like pens and pencils, you'll never run out.
(5) Another trap is getting pregnant/fathering a child. Instant fail before age 18. Dumb!
(6) The GED is super easy and the SAT isn't that hard. You will get *no* encouragement or prep, but you can do it.
(7) "Kill Haole Day" is pretty much a joke. Not something to be scared of.
(8) These "opportunities" people talk about, college recruiters, etc? Yeah, that's all stuff from movies. Those are not a thing. If you aspire to do more in life than just get Welfare, it's up to you to educate yourself and do what you aim to do.
(9) They will try to keep you dumb by keeping you hungry. Learn to pitch pennies, steal, whatever it takes to afford lunch. Breakfast/mini-lunch too if you can. Don't get caught, but it's very important to eat. Your brain as well as your body, both need food.
(10) If you are reading this you are reading. This means you're in that small, smart, minority. Get through public schoo' and never look back.
Nah Kamehameha is different. Get all kine locals there. Rich and poor. Some from HK and many from Waianae. Junk part of private school is your friends live all over, even other islands. So you really can’t hang with them since they all scattered.
A SECOND time lost your paper?
Even *one* time?
*Lousy* *teacher* !
:)