• What makes someone a hero/heroine? • We’ll go where we’re welcome • Some better, some worse • Fox in the hen house What makes someone a hero/heroine? A common misconception of heroes/heroines are muscular/gorgeous people in tights soaring in
• What makes someone a hero/heroine? • We’ll go where we’re
welcome • Some better, some worse • Fox in the hen house
What makes someone a hero/heroine?
A common misconception of heroes/heroines are muscular/gorgeous people in tights soaring in the sky using their super strength to beat-up the bad guys. (Wonder Woman/Super Man).
Thinking outside the box, that’s not always the case, as an Honor Roll/Principal’s List student I should know there are other types of heroes. They’re right in front of students everyday, and yet they still lack respect. Who are they? Teachers.
Heroes/heroines are both defined as “a person of distinguished courage or ability, admired for their brave deeds and noble qualities.”
Teachers come to school everyday with smiling faces ready to teach students, no matter what happens in the classroom (courage), no matter how much you know (admiration for their perseverance), no matter how troublesome you are (bravery).
Teachers will always continue to teach you. Through thick and thin teachers will be there helping students, the adults of tomorrow, become the best they can be.
They’re everyday people who have the title “teachers,” but in my opinion they deserve the right to be called a “hero/heroine.”
Mark Razalan, Hanapepe
We’ll go where we’re welcome
We are from the Mainland. We have a place in Princeville. We visit the island three to four times a year and spend $3,000 to $5,000 on each visit at local establishments.
We have always loved the island and respect the Aloha Spirit and the people of Kaua‘i. We have always treated our visits as a privilege and have appreciated the island hospitality.
However, during our last visit in March we couldn’t help but notice some changes in the way we were treated by merchants and restaurant employees.
In a store in Hanalei, locals were allowed to jump to the front of the checkout line that we had been waiting to in purchase clothing. We left without buying.
At another store, a special box of “discounted items” was brought out for a local only to look at.
In a restaurant in Kapa‘a, we ordered food and some folks familiar to the server came in 15 minutes after us and ordered. Our food was delivered to them. We were told our order was “lost in the system.”
I’m sure the dichotomy between dealing with tourists and needing tourists is frustrating. These may have been isolated incidents, or it may be a really bad trend. Either way, it was disturbing.
Maybe its time to look at spending our time and money where we are more welcome. Then again, maybe that’s what you want.
Jim Glass, Louisville, Ky.
Some better, some worse
On April 21 this paper published a response to Michael Mann’s letter telling all of us how much better it is today than the “good ole days.” John Hoff’s rebuttal to Mr. Mann’s points were excellent, right on target.
Mr. Hoff didn’t mention racial issues, so I will take it on. I agree with Mr. Mann on this one. Black people had it much worse in the “good ole days” than they do now.
Personally, I didn’t have any racial problems because I was raised by parents (white) who belonged to the NAACP in the 1950s. Racial slurs were never heard in my house growing up, so when I went in the Army I didn’t have any problems dealing with any races.
Also, my father’s best friend was a Japanese man who was interned during WWII with his wife and two kids. They all got reparation checks many years later, as they should have because they lost their house and business in this process. This man is still alive at 99; they were friends for about 80 years. My father died a couple of years ago at 92.
If only he didn’t self-install those asbestos shingles on our house, he may have lived to be a hundred. What else would you expect a fireman to do. I am joking, of course; 92 is a long life.
It was better when more mothers were home. In today’s society more women have to work because of the high tax structure to help feed the family.
Another problem with today is childhood obesity. Now we have to worry about kids on the Internet seeing all kinds of things, instead of being outdoors playing sports.
I believe there needs to be a balanced approach. Some things about today are better, and some things about the past are better.
Mike Lyman, Lihu‘e
Fox in the hen house
Genetically Modified Organisms are a concern to me.
If it takes 10,000 years for a human to evolve, how can our bodies adapt to a new food source in just 10 years?
Will our digestive systems be able to recognize the DNA changes being made to our food in this short period of time?
Where are the studies showing the effects of this new food on humans or to our livestock that we consume?
Are we once again being gullible and taking these corporations’ word that GMO is “perfectly safe”?
How are they controlling the pollination of these experiments? Do the wind and the rain and the insects know not to contaminate our food and water with this science?
What benefit is our beautiful island getting for allowing these experiments to take place here? Europe will not allow GMO testing in their country or the import of any product with GMO in it.
Why don’t we do more research regarding this company’s product and start scaling them down and eventually eliminating them? I would ask our local and state politicians to put the safety of our ‘ohana first and any money being made from this last.
Marie Miguez, Lihu‘e
