Final Draft: KC3 Language

Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, its touristy attractions and its welcoming people. They picture us to live in grass huts and wear coconut bras while dancing hula all day. But outside people don't realize what the true Hawaiians have been through. The Hawaiian people had their land and culture taken away from them. One of these things taken was their language, their main way of life. The western influences slowly eliminated the Hawaiian language from Hawaii's culture leaving the Hawaiians today barely able to speak the language.

 The Hawaiians language played a big role in their society, being their only way of passing down cultures, history and traditions. To understand the importance of this, you must know the origin of the Hawaiian people. Still unsettled, many believe that they derived from the Tahitian or Marquesas race, because of the similarity between languages. Seeking independence, the people traveled to Hawaii. They developed their own language. Most other customs such as religion and government were developed after the creation of the Hawaiian language. This means that the Hawaiian language was the basis for their successful society. It allowed them to communicate between each other and maintain each and every custom. This is what the Hawaiian language did for the natives before the foreigners came and settled in Hawaii. It provided the Hawaiians with a successful society.

 The arrival of the westerns brought many pros and cons to the Hawaiian language. Many think of their arrival as all around bad, that all they did was terrorize the Hawaiian culture. Although this may be somewhat true, they did however help the Hawaiians. Before their arrival, the Hawaiian language was purely oral, meaning there was no written form of their language. Captain Cook and the other westerns noticed this and provided them with a Hawaiian alphabet, based on English. This made Hawaiians more literate and also helped them become more of a successful society, being able to now record most that occurred. But this was really the only way that the westerns helped Hawaii. As more and more foreigners, also known as holes, began to settle, they gained more and more power over the land and its people. They eventually banned all Hawaiians from speaking their native language, feeling that it gave the Hawaiians more power over the foriegners. This did not show the equality the foreigners promised. It still affects all Hawaiians today. Over the years the number of new generation Hawaiians able to speak the language declined. The westerners were the main reason why the Hawaiian culture and language are endangered, nearly extinct. 

 Because of the arrival of the foreigners, most Hawaiians today are at a loss of their culture, unable to speak the language. While the westerns were still settling Hawaii, they set up schools, English being the only language. And since Hawaiian could not be spoken, Hawaiian children were unable to be taught their native language. The affects today because the language is still struggling to survive. An estimated 0.1% of Hawaii's population can speak fluent Hawaiian. But there is still hope. Today, there are public immersion preschools in which their main purpose is to teach the dying language and keep it alive. Also, at the same time, some public high schools here in Hawaii offer the language as courses. Although foreigners still mostly inhabit Hawaii, people still strive to keep this language alive. And this also means that the numbers of fluent speakers are, slowly but surely, increasing. The Hawaiian language today is still a dying language, but people; rather organizations are working to keep it a language. 

 People view Hawaiians very stereotypically. They see us as always happy and very primitive.  But they are very wrong. The Hawaiians are an angry people, with a loss of many customs and cultures. The foreigners that settled here took away and eliminated the Hawaiian language from today’s culture. People don't realize the true history of Hawaii. Although we do have many touristy attractions and lots of welcoming people, there are always two sides of paradise. 

KC3- Westernization of Hawai'i: Hawaiian Language

Hawaii is known for its beautiful beaches, its touristy attractions and its welcoming people. They picture us to live in grass huts and wear coconut bras while dancing hula all day. But outside people don't realize what the true hawaiians have been through. The Hawaiian people had their land and culture taken away from them. One of these things taken was their language, their main way of life. The western influences slowly eliminated the hawaiian language from Hawaii's culture leaving the hawaiians today barely able to speak the language.

The hawaiians language played a big role in their society, being their only way of passing down cultures, history and traditions. To understand the importance of this, you must know the origin of the hawaiian people. Still unsettled, many believe that they derived from the the Tahitian or Marquesas race, because of the similarity between languages . Seeking independence, the people traveled to Hawaii. They developed their own language. Most other customs such as religion and government were developed after the creation of the Hawaiian language. This means that the hawaiian language was the basis for their successful society. It allowed them to communicate between each other and maintain each and every custom. This is what the hawaiian language did for the natives before the foreigners came and settled in Hawaii. It provided the hawaiians with a successful society.

The arrival of the westerns brought many pros and cons to the Hawaiian language. Many think of their arrival as all around bad, that all they did was terrorize the hawaiian culture. Although this may be somewhat true, they did however  help the hawaiians. Before their arrival, the hawaiian language was purely oral, meaning there was no written form of their language. Captain Cook and the other westerns noticed this and provided them with a hawaiian alphabet, based on english. This made hawaiians more literate and also helped them become more of a successful society, being able to now record most that occurred. But this was really the only way that the westerns helped Hawaii. As more and more foreigners, also known as haole's, began to settle, they gained more and more power over the land and its people. They eventually banned all hawaiians from speaking their native language, feeling that it gave the hawaiians more power over the haole's. This did not show the equality the haole's promised. It still affects all hawaiians today. Over the years the number of new generation hawaiians able to speak the language declined. The westerner were the main reason why the hawaiian culture and language are endangered, nearly extinct. 

Because of the arrival of the haole's, most hawaiians today are at a loss of their culture, unable to speak the language. While the westerns were still settling Hawaii, they set up schools, English being the only language. And since hawaiian could not be spoken, hawaiian children were unable to be taught their native language. The affects today because the language is still struggling to survive. An estimated 0.1% of Hawaii's population can speak fluent Hawaiian. But there is still hope. Today, there are public immersion preschools in which their main purpose is to teach the dying language and keep it alive. Also, at the same time, some public high schools here in Hawaii offer the language as courses. Although Hawaii is still mostly inhabited by foreigners,  people still strive to keep this language alive. And this also means that the number of fluent speakers are, slowly but surely, increasing. The hawaiian language today is still a dying language, but people, rather organizations are working to keep it a language. 

People view hawaiians very stereotypically. They see us as always happy and very primitive.  But they are very wrong. The hawaiians are an angry people, with a loss of many customs and cultures. The foreigners that settled here took away and eliminated the hawaiian language from todays culture. People don't realize the true history of Hawaii. Although we do have many touristy attractions and lots of welcoming people, there are always two sides of paradise. 

Oceans of Nothing: Lennon Sullivan and Sheryl Chong

​Whenever fishermen go out to sea they always have to consider the dangerous possibilities of storms, squabbles, and sometimes-even pirates.  Now, a new problem is arising. Research from marine biologist Boris Worm has proven that, “by the middle of this century, fishermen will have almost nothing left to catch.” Overfishing, climate change, and pollution have contributed to thedecrease of fish and damage of reefs and other natural habitats in the ocean. From the looks of the ocean, we must be more conservative with the items we take.

With the decrease of fish in the ocean, the value of export trade has increased.  The demandof seafood has grown intensively because of our dietary needs. In the past several decades the value of fish export trade has grown to $71 billion.  90% of the population of big predators like tuna and cod has almost been fished out of existence.  This means that all the major seafood that we eat on a daily basis are slowly becoming extinct. Right now our best option is to eat sustainably harvested seafood. The Monterey Bay Aquarium gave out a list of options. By eating those certain types of seafood it will decrease the amount of fish being taken out of the sea. Several restaurants even agreed to sell sustainably harvested seafood. Now if we team up with other countries, it will ultimately restore our ocean’s population.

The use of overfishing has caused a diverse amount of fish almost to extinction. Before we know it there won’t be anything left in the ocean to fish for. Knowing that, we have to be more cautious and conservative of the amounts of seafood we take out of the ocean. It is possible to restore our resources. The only way is for everyone to make an effort. If we lost all fish in the ocean it would dramatically harm our economic, political, and social life.