“I was born into captivity, a Native person in a non-Native world, a Hawaiian in an American colony.

In my own work, resistance to the strangulation of our people and culture is interwoven with

a celebration of the magnificence of our nation: the lavish beauty of our delicate islands;

the intricate relationship between our emotional ties to each other and our ties to the land ….

What we have lost, as a Hawaiian people and as a Hawaiian nation,

shapes my vision and provides the contest for all I write.

De-colonization is all around us.

My work could not exist outside this context nor would I want to write in any other.

We do not need, nor do we want to be “liberated” from our past because

it is the source of our understanding of the cosmos and of our mana”

Haunani Kay Trask.

After reading “This could be the most secure password” (Stifferlin, 2014) I screwed up my face, thinking this is silly. What do we have that needs to be so secure and if we do have things that need this kind of security who is it serving? I’m sure people want to secure things but to what extent?

After reflecting on this article, I thought what if we got students finger prints scanned as being present in class (thinking about tertiary level). The data would allow us to see how well the attendance rates are in classes. This then could lead to research focusing on retention and students performance based on attendance.

If you have an opinion about my questions above please leave a comment.