QUARTER 1
“Ku‘ia ka hele a ka na‘au ha‘aha‘a.”
Hesitant walks the humble hearted.
A humble person walks carefully so he will not hurt those about him.
I am humble person who is aware and keeps in mind the people around me. I picked this ‘olelo no’eau because it shows me as someone who tries to be humble enough that the people they care about comes before all, even in life situations. I picked this ‘olelo no’eau from the Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings book that was written by Mary Kawena Pukui (Citation). Growing up, being shy and humble were some of my qualities as a person, and though I have kind of opened up to the world, parts of me still keeps that humility and doesn’t like to show off or act superiorly. When I was at my old school, I would always to try to keep to myself or hide. I never really liked to talk with my classmates or other kids. I would only talk with my family. As I got older and came to this school, I knew there wasn’t going to be anyone I knew there, so I decided to pick up the courage and make conversation. Sooner or later, I am talking with other people and started making some friends along the way. To represent who I am as a person with humility, I put the ones I love first as a priority and I don’t really like to show off unordinary things or talents to other people. So, as you can see, humility has sort of stuck to me and will be, probably forever more.
“Within blood it splits and divides, one thing that can never hide a connection.”
For DNA to stay alive, it needs to replicate or split in order for it to be put into another cell. It holds hereditary information, which is passed down from generation to generation. It is like a bond, a connection, which cannot be broken, no matter what you say or do. It is the one thing that identifies who you are, no one else.
QUARTER 2
"Ku'ia ka hele a ka na'au ha'aha'a."
Hesitant walks the humble hearted.
A humble person walks carefully so he will not hurt those about him.
I continue to be humble and keep in mind the people that are around me. I continue to use this ‘olelo no’eau because not only does it speak to me as a person, but it shows how I tried my best to improve this quarter. This ‘olelo no’eau is from the Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings book written by Mary Kawena Pukui (Citation). Quarter 2 is sort of critical time for me because finals are coming up and it is half way through the school year. That’s why I decided to keep this ‘olelo no’eau for this quarter. For example, this quarter, we had to write weekly blogs. The blogs had to be written in CER format and we had to reflect on our metacognitive skills. I knew that these blogs wouldn’t be easy, so I just had to be patient and humble about it and write them with a lot of focus. At the beginning of the quarter, I was kind of unsure and didn’t really focus on what I was doing. I couldn’t fully grasp my understanding of things. But as I grew academically, I started to gain focus and began to improve. To show my improvement, here is a chart of my growth in writing. As you can see, in the beginning, I was kind of neutral and then I started to decline as I got middle of the quarter. And then I started to climb as I got towards the end of the quarter. In conclusion, this ‘olelo no’eau represents me a lot this quarter because, based on the evidence, I was able to gain a lot in a humble and knowledgeable state of mind.
*Here is the chart of my science writing growth for quarter 2.
QUARTER 3&4
I have continued to humble myself and keep in mind the people and the things around me. I decided to keep using this 'olelo no'eau because it has helped me to do things with patience and content. This 'olelo no'eau is from the Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings book written by Mary Kawena Pukui (Citation). This semester was very challenging for me in biology. There was a lot of work and a lot of information to take, so I wasn't able to comprehend very well. The hardest unit was the genetics unit. I didn't know which thing was what, and how the DNA sequence was formed, and so I was lost most of the time. But, with patience and humility, I was able to go through the resources given and try to understand as much as I could. One of the new ways of learning that was brought forth this semester was problem based learning. Problem based learning, is where you take a problem in today's society and try to solve it through science. This type of learning has added on to my humility and comprehension because I got to apply what I knew to a real world situation. In conclusion, this semester has really given me a lot of challenges, but I was able to learn and teach others what I have learned with as much humility as possible.
Citations
Pukui, Mary Kawena. “ ‘Ölelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings”. Honolulu, Hawai‘i: Bishop Museum Press; 2001. 201, #1870. Print.
[Photograph of the word humility]. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://ocarm.org/en/sites/default/files/images/humility.jpg
[Photograph of the word humility]. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://www.calebbreakey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/humility-copy.jpeg
Rishika Jain’s Inspirations (Creator). (October 19, 2010). Humility is a strange thing… [Photograph], Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://rishikajain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Humility.jpg
[Photograph of the word humility]. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://ocarm.org/en/sites/default/files/images/humility.jpg
[Photograph of the word humility]. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://www.calebbreakey.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/humility-copy.jpeg
Rishika Jain’s Inspirations (Creator). (October 19, 2010). Humility is a strange thing… [Photograph], Retrieved Sept. 27, 2012, from: http://rishikajain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Humility.jpg