Inquiry Travel Log III

Aloha and fare-thee-well beautiful Hawai'i

It's my last Saturday before I fly back to Calgary this Monday night, the 2nd of April after 9 weeks of an overall lovely and enriching experience. I'll keep this short as I head out for my final dip in the beautiful pacific sea! Take care fellow TAB travellers and all the best as we depart on one of our biggest adventures yet - our teaching careers! I will aim to kokua (help) my keiki (children) in their learning and malama aina (care for the land) together with all my aloha (love, affection, peace, compassion, mercy, and of course it also means hello and good-bye)

Aloha O'ahu (until my next visit)

Sherri

Assignment 8: Tammy

Aloha, final case! Please refer to my Inclusive Case tab to read. Comments can be added here, mahalo!

Surviving Reverse Culture Shock link

Everybody knows about experiencing culture shock when you visit a country with different customs, cuisine or language. But sometimes the worst culture shock of all comes when you return home.

Reverse culture shock is the name people give to that feeling of not fitting in to your home country, and you’re especially at risk of it if you return home after living abroad for an extended time.

The best way to beat reverse culture shock is to be aware of how it might strike. Here are a few of the experiences you could expect to have once you return home.
http://www.vagabondish.com/how-to-survive-reverse-culture-shock/

Inquiry Travel Log Part Two

Please refer to my Inquiry Travel Log to see Part Two. I realized after reviewing our outline notes too late, that I have mentioned a lot of what should be in Part Three. Enjoy the pictures at least, there are a lot more to come in my final paper.

Assignment 7: Salim

Please refer to my Inclusive Casework tab for my response. Please feel free to respond here, mahalo.

Some random pics of O'ahu

Everyone enjoying a sunrise at Lilikai

Rain shower over cemetery in Kaneohe

Art with shells and sea glass

 Small group work with a few grade 3 students at Mililani Waena in the cafeteria

 Me teaching one of the four grade 3 classes (27 students per class) using the Promethean (love it!!)

 Lovely graffiti by the sea

Kayak fishing at sunset

Assignment 6: Tracey Wong

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Considered Response Assignment 5: Monisha Khan

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Review # 2 Molama I Ka ‘Aina – Caring for the Land

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Where pineapples really came from...

Pineapples Arrive in Hawaii

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Please don't mind the image, I couldn't resist using it when I came upon it looking up pineapple images. 

The pineapple, long a symbol of Hawaii, did not originate there. Even though Polynesians lived on Hawaii for a great many years, the pineapple is not native to the Hawaiian Islands. In fact, pineapples did not appear there until 1813. Don Francisco de Paula y Marin, a Spanish advisor to King Kamehameha, brought the famous fruits back with him.

 

The pineapple is originally to be found in Paraguay and in the southern part of Brazil. Natives spread the fruit throughout South American and Central America and into the Caribbean region, including the West Indies, where Christopher Columbus first found them. The pineapple's original name was anana, which meant "excellent fruit" in one of the Caribbean native languages. European explorers called it the "Pine of the Indies." When the fruit traveled to English-speaking countries, the word "apple" was added. (Historians aren't really sure why this happened. Many believe that it was to associate the "Pine of the Indies" with the "apple," another fruit that people really enjoyed. Nonetheless, the suffix "apple" stuck, giving us the English word pineapple.)

Columbus brought it, along with many other new things, back to Europe with him. From there, the tasty fruit spread throughout other parts of civilization. It was carried on sailing ships around the world because it was found to, like oranges, help prevent scurvy, a devastating disease that often afflicted sailors on long voyages. It was at the end of one of these long voyages that the pineapple came to Hawaii to stay. On January 11, 1813, pineapples were first planted there.

The familiar name of Dole came into the picture in 1901, when James Drummond Dole planted his first pineapples near Wahiawa. He also founded the Hawaiian Pineapple Company. Just six years later, he opened another cannery, in Iwilei. The pineapple industry was off and running.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/hawaiifirstpineapples.htm

Can you spot Shamu?

Ass. 5. Mod. 3. Case 1. Monisha Khan

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Written Review 1

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A day at Oahu's north shore

Ass. 4. Module 2. Case 2: David Jackson

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Ass. 3. Module 2. Case 1: Joan Martinez

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Ass. 2. Module 1: Case 1: Christopher Melrose

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Ass.1. Module 1: Disability, Ability and Responsibility

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Welcome!

Hello fellow TAB participants, my name is Sherri and I'm off  to Mililani Waena Elementary School on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Oahu.  Eight weeks of amazing cultural immersion in an award winning school awaits me starting January 30th.

The opportunity to create my self-placement was made possible by the wonderful support of my Hawaiian friend, Kyle and Superintendent, Ms. Patricia Park and award winning Principal, Mr. Dale Castro, mahalo.

I believe my teaching practicum will enrich my TAB experience by exploring in-depth what it means to be Hawaiian and to develop a deeper appreciation for its people's history, traditions and values.

I look forward to sharing my discoveries and 'aha' moments with you along the way and also living vicariously through your TAB experiences from all over.

Aloha by the way to my island neighbor Kristin Evans in Maui!

In closing I would like to share an ancient Native proverb that rings true for me:

"Every challenge teaches us something about ourselves, 

to be open to this learning is the beginning of success."

To everyone embarking on TAB, you've already tasted success by making it this far.

I invite you to enjoy this music video by the legendary Hawaiian IZ and his ukele, mahalo & aloha:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_DKWlrA24k&feature=relmfu