He grew up in Hawaii. I can't tell you how much this tells me in regard to how he will function or could function in the world arena. As a person who lived in Hawaii for a year growing up and visited there again in 6th grade, Hawaii feels very different than living in your typical continental state. There is a very large international population living there as well as native Hawaiians. When I went to public school in Hawaii, the Hawaiian language was a part of what we were taught along with Greek mythology and my sister was taught Japanese in her private school. We had Japanese neighbors and actually shared a home with a Korean family for part of the time. I don't think one could grow up in Hawaii without having a better sense of the world at large. That's not to say that the US isn't a melting pot, but in Hawaii the ingredients in the pot are still recognizable as different and unique.
Definite food for thought.
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this IS interesting. but what's making me chuckle is trying to figure out the metaphors: unique ingredients in a melting pot and food for thought... kind of a food for thought combination in itself? or am i cracking up! (i'm REALLY tired! but wanted to at least say hi! and this is an interesting fact!)
Good for people to know.
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