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You Think You Know But You Have No Idea - NMI

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something that stuck with me was that "next generations doesn't mean forgetting ancient practices" i feel my generation is so caught up in now that they forget that we have a legacy to protect and keep up with

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I connect with this poem a lot because he talks about family values and traditions being one of the things he loves most about his home. That is what I love most about my home in Hawai'i, so I feel like I could really appreciate the message of what he said here.

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i completely agree with once having a really sacred place be turned into just another place , where people just trash and disrespect because they don't know the importance of it

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i like this poem because he wants to keep his culture strong and living.

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I enjoy this story because he is trying his best to keep his culture alive! Even when it seems the people he is closest to are forgetting.

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I agree because a lot of people who don't know anything about me like to assume things about me and I find it kinda annoying

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I respect him for what he's doing and I know that

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I agree with this because people looking at Waianae from an outside perspective could have the same thoughts, being that we're uncivilized, small, and have no manners. - Kuulei

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i love this one because it show's how much her and her father was close and how much of a bestfriend he was to his daughter. it was like an always and forever type of relationship.

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This poem is strong because she talks about how the Island once was before all these new things came around and not only change but hurt some important things that the Island once had

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i think this was a nice & simple way for telling such a heartwarming story

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i kind of get where hes coming from "speaking Chamorro before I started speaking English. Most of my cousins and friends that I would play with had a hard time trying to converse with me" Its like he think of himself of aoutsider cause he cant speak english like his cousins and friends

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i like this poem because this boy is talking about him wanting his culture to be strong and wanting to lethis culture grow and trying.

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I like this Poem because he has a strong point on how people only want to see what they want to see. And they choose to look at the bad things and judge people. Just like how people only see Waianae as fighting, drugs, poverty. They only like view the bad and blocking out the beauty.

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i like how this girl is strong in talking about her island because i would be strong too talking about my island.

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this one is good because it tells a kinda heartwarming story that has a twisted ending, explaining the importance of pollution

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i agree with you guys and how you used Waianae as an example that just shows how much we can relate to these things

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This a good poem. Always treat people how you want to be treated. Also you might think someone is happy but inside could be hurt.

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I understand where he is coming from with having to lose someone because we all go through it in life. All that matters is how we carry on after because sometimes we have moments where the memories of our loved ones that we lost stick.

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I understand where he comes from about a dying culture because as a Hawaiian, I am mixture of multiple ethnicities. I think knowing and learning about my culture helps me make connections to my life.

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I really like how she talked about the story that she was told because I can connect that with the Hawaiians and Polynesian history in general.

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I thought that the beginning of his poem said a lot in itself because these are some of the stereotypes that we have faced within the islands. For example, people thought that Hawaiians still live in grass huts and travel by canoe.

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i think this story was very heart whelming because it shows how much love they show for each other. not everyone has that.

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i like this poem because he care's about the culture and he wants it to grow. for myself i'd want the culture to keep going because i'd want to teach the next generation about who they are and about our ancestors.

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i understand her. she's telling her story about our island and that everyone is just throwing rubbish around and that we need people who will take care of our island better.