Before May 18, 19, 20, 21, 2009 lays too far in the past it makes good sense to write this down so in the future should I get frustrated with being a teacher at Kapi'olani Community College I will remember these days. Okay Napoleon it was the CTE Academy Institute!!! You got it? Yup, I got it!
In as much as these four days is about our students, Im not trying to be selfish but it is about US as well. I think you guys are the SHI_! (Saying I learned from the students. I guess you could say that they are at least trying to turn not so good words into positive words. You know like, that's SICK.) The stories that you all have told thus far if listened to by students would surely blow them away. They think they got it hard hah!
Sorry I know going of the path, never mind but. So what I think best represents what i do with students. I think Im similar to the kalo and my students are the keiki that come from the side of the kalo. Im the bigger leaf that provides shade and shelter for the students and I forget that nature rules and when the wind blows or the sun journeys they will have to eventually face nature.
If I had to place what we did in the garden in one of the Hawaiian values I would place it next to Moʻolelo above Pae Ulu (growth stage). Reason: today we not only shared many moʻolelo but we also wrote the introduction to a moʻolelo when we began preparing the land for planting.
MOON PHASES
May 18, 2009: (Kāloakūlua) Good for planting anything but potatoes, melons or bananas. Good reef fishing at night. We told stories that went below the surface unlike potatoes that grow in dirt mounds or melons and bananas that grow in plain view.
May 19, 2009: (Kāloapau) Plant bamboo, sugar cane. Excellent torch fishing in the evenings on the reef due to the lowing of the tide. Limu and other shellfish are exposed in the tidepools.
May 20, 2009: (Kāne) Excellent day to plant anything. In the old days this night was reserved for ceremony and ritual and no farming or fishing occured. Good diving for sea urchins. Very low tide.
May 21, 2009: (Lono) Excellent day for planting any type of plant especially those that provide food. Tide low, sea calm, sand deposited on shore.
Love the pix Lisa and what it represents to you. Looks like May 21 is going to be a good day for us to plant our ti.
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