Archive - June 2014

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If We Don?t Take Care of Our Own…
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Why Won?t They Go to School?

If We Don?t Take Care of Our Own…

At first she wanted to be a police officer, although she had the natural talent to become a lawyer if she chose. But she really wanted to bust lawbreakers, not defend them in court?as she would have had to do as a lawyer.

As it turned out, she became a police officer on Saipan and served there for ten years. But when her father became seriously ill with kidney disease brought on by diabetes, she felt obliged to follow him to Hawaii. Read More

Why Won?t They Go to School?

When I was in Milan, Minnesota, visiting the Chuukese community there a couple of months ago, I heard one single complaint repeated again and again by the Americans looking out for their guests. Many of the young Chuukese would often skip school. Not just the older ones who might have had more interesting things to do, but the small kids as well.

Why won?t the children go to school?? When I asked the question of the parents, I would simply get a shrug or shake of the head. If I pursued the point, they might admit that the kids felt uncomfortable in class. Why is that?? Maybe because their kids couldn?t answer the questions the way other students could and they just felt stupid. Sometimes their kids couldn?t even understand the question. Read More