Topic > Discrimination in Education - 899

Imagine a new student in a school. Because they are not like everyone else, they are treated differently. There is a chain of schools in Hawaii called Kamehameha. It is a public school that accepts mostly naïve Hawaiians with Hawaiian ancestry. It's a very difficult school to get into; pass rates range from 6.4% to 14.7% (Kamehameha Schools) This school teaches children about Hawaiian culture and traditions. The school's main purpose is to keep Hawaiian culture alive by teaching the younger generation. The mission of Kamehameha Schools is to “enhance the skills and well-being of Hawaiians through education.” (Kamehameha Schools) Serves more than 6,900 students of Hawaiian descent at K-12 campuses on O‘ahu, Maui and the island of Hawai‘i and at 31 preschool sites statewide. This school claims to be "Hawaii's largest private contributor to the Hawaii public school system." (Kamehameha Schools) The founder of these schools was a princess named Bernice Pauahi Bishop. He began to see the Native Hawaiian population dwindle; in a few years the population decreased by almost 40%. Pauahi felt “responsible and responsible” (Kamehameha). In 1883 he inherited money from his cousin. He persuaded five other people to invest in his school by the names of Charles Reed Bishop, Samuel Mills Damon, William Owen Smith, Charles Montague Cooke, and Charles McEwen Hyde. Shortly thereafter he started a boys' school and in 1884 a girls' school in Honolulu. In 1865 it became coeducational and part of the real school system. Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's vision was to strengthen the native population. Her husband, Charles Reed Bishop, said: "Her heart was heavy when she saw the rapid decline of the Hawaiian goi people... middle of the paper... what will she do once her son is ready for good education. Help my location.Hawaii. Dir. Greg Grainger. Gold Hil Entertainment, 2003. FilmThis explains how some natives do not like to be united with other non-natives and how they think non-natives will destroy their culture helps rebuttal by providing two sides of the issue.Williams, Julie S. “Kamehameha Schools.” Kamehameha Schools, October 1, 2008. Web. February 27, 2014. There is information about Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop Hawaii who help with my rebuttal. "Welcome to Cornell Law School." Cornell Law School...Lawyers in the best sense of the term. LII and Web. February 26, 2014. This is the law on civil rights law. This is helpful because it proves many Hawaiian schools wrong.