Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 9, 1 September 2010 — School rules, 1876 style [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

School rules, 1876 style

By Kau'i Sai-Dudoit Progress and change doesn't always yield the outcomes that we intend. As adults we worry if our children are learning the value of hard work and determination, and whether we are doing enough to ensure that they have a balanced edueahon at school and at home, where our cultural values and traditions are being integrated into their learning. 'LEĪ IT BE PRINTED!'

As we begin another school year rife with budget shortfalls, school closures, teacher pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs, we share an article from the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Laliui Hawaii, March 2, 1876, that highlights a Government-run Trade School facing similar issues. In the 1870s, with the massive upheaval of families who had journeyed to Honolulu in the hope of a better life, there was a growing eoneem for Hawaiian ehildren loitering about on street comers and taking up with unsavory characters. These children, onee collected, were sent to Government-run Trade Schools. The difference between then and now, apparent in the article, was the mission of the school and the truth in their methods, whieh focused on teaching basic skills important to one's survival and supplementing instruction designed to strengthen personal integrity. It certainly provides food for thought as we compare the issues of yesterday with the problems of today, and consider that perhaps in our quest for tomorrow's technology we may in fact be loosening our grasp on some simple basic necessities. ■ Ho'oīaupa'i: Hawaiian Language Newspaper Project i.s a coIIaborative partnership among the Bishop Museum, Awaiauīu Ine., Alu Li.ke ine. and Haīe Kuamo'o to uti.li.ze modem technology to preserve and provide access to the volumi.nous writings in the Hawaiian language newspapers for free access at nupepa.org. Kau'i. Sai.-Dudoi.t has been the Project Manager ofHo 'olaupa 'i. si.nce 2002.

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