Hawaii Nei

 This semester is one I definitely enjoyed. Sometimes I struggled getting through assignments, but I still pushed myself and made it through. Both of my teachers are amazing and I hope I can maintain a good relationship with them after this semester. With the support and help that I received from both, it made me very excited to see how it will be next semester. I would definitely recommend these courses to other students still trying to figure out what class to register for.

 1) The amount of kuleana lands that are left today compared to the amount, even though still small, before was much bigger.  2) Families of kuleana lands sell portions or all of the ohana kuleana lands to large landowners and they just end up using the land for new developments that don't help Native Hawaiians.  3)Kuleana lands were used for native tenants to reside on and use for agricultural purposes. Now, Hawaii struggles with limited land availability to build homes for Native Hawaiians and/or any agricultural purpose. 4) The waitlist for Hawaiian Homelands is extremely long, and even though Native Hawaiians apply, they could be waiting their whole life to be placed into a home.

 Lately, I've been a little more stressed than usual. After doing some brief research on my Paper 3 topic, I learned very quickly that there's not enough information on kuleana lands. It's becoming very difficult for me to understand my topic the way I feel like I should be understanding it, but I'm not giving up. I'll try to gather as much information as I can and use it.  Overall, I"m completely stressing about ending the semester on a strong note. I would like to get a B or higher for both of the classes that I am taking, but there are times where I feel like I could do so much better on my assignments and class work.