Stereotypes Of Hawaiian Children

Many statistics reveal the children of Hawaiian ancestry, particularly those from low income families, tend to be academic underachievers. Teachers have stereotyped them as lazy, uncooperative, and disinterested. This is due to the differences between the culture at home and the culture inside a classroom. Hawaiian children have an extremely different culture at home causing them to be disinterested and lazy within a classroom.
Without knowing anything about the Hawaiian’s home life, one might predict several different ideas. The concept of parenting in the Hawaiian culture can be presumed as partially neglectful. When parents are neglectful towards their kids, they are not supplying the child with enough warmth or punishment. This can cause
In the Hawaiian culture, the children are assigned tasks to complete. They will complete the tasks in the way they seem fit. In addition, if there is more than one child, they will split the tasks up between the children and will grow on their own to complete more complex tasks. In the school environment the teacher controls everything. She says when to do something, how to do it, and who will do it. This contradicts everything the Hawaiian kids are taught to do at home. The kids presumably rebel and go against what the teacher is saying because she is restricting them of their own freedom. As I stated before, the Hawaiian kids are very self-sufficient. When somebody else tells them how to do a task and when, they do not react well. There is a cultural gap between the school life and the life at
For example, if the teacher states what needs to be done that day then allows the kids freedom to complete this task, there might be a more positive learning environment. The teacher can act as a resource if help is needed or if there is an emergency. The teacher could also briefly give a summary of what they need to learn, then, have them make a project, write an essay, or create another way of displaying what they have learned. By standing at the front of the classroom lecturing, she will never get anything done. Allowing the children to feel they have enough freedom and ownership of the classroom, they will thrive and finish the work in their own way. The peer interaction among the children will be essential. Those who are natural leaders will take the lead. If there is a project that needs to be done, the child will assign tasks for each of the kids. Eventually once other kids start to feel more comfortable, they can start to take on other tasks. The children will bond together, become closer as a class, and use each other as resources and lifelines. This school setting will incorporate the the culture of the Hawaiian’s and also allow them to learn in a way that is fitting for their