The people I met during externship have shown me that there is so much more to life then what I have been used to. They were very connected to the earth and I really appreciated that. The people I worked with were so passionate about the Hawaiian culture whether it was hula, the canoe, or the fishpond. Everyone has a purpose on the island and it was such a new feeling. I really appreciated the fact that I got to stay with another family and learn how to adapt. My externship also impacted my future because I had always wanted to move to Hawaii but I had never been there for a long period of time. I got to experience how it's like living in Hawaii and see if in the future I would enjoy living there all of the time. Also, I think I have come to realize how much I love San Diego. Although I did really like being in Hawaii, it's very different than San Diego and what I have grown up with. I'm really glad that I got to be apart of this externship because I got to see how the people on Hawaii are trying to restore the culture and now I get to share that with where I live and maybe even make a difference by sharing information and experiences that I had.
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The time that I have spent here in Hawaii was full of so many eye openers. I got to learn things about the world that I have never spent any time learning about before. The Hawaiian culture really is something special and a lot of people aren't able to experience this amount of culture in such a short period of time. For me, the most valuable thing I got out of my externship was opening my mind up to something bigger than myself. I was part of organizations that were working towards bringing back the Hawaiian culture and restoring the lands. I got to sit in on a Hawaiian language class and join in on hula classes. I learned about the weather, stars, plants, animals and so much more. This externship has showed me that there is so much more out there to learn and so many more cultures to learn about.
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