(UHM) I came here from A big city thinking that

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	F	Faculty Accessibility	B
Useful Schoolwork	F	Excess Competition	F
Academic Success	D-	Creativity/ Innovation	D
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	F
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	B	Friendliness	D+
Campus Maintenance	D-	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	F	Extra Curriculars	F
Safety	F

Describes the student body as: Arrogant, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Friendly

Female

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Lowest Rating Educational Quality	F

Highest Rating Faculty Accessibility	B

She cares more about Surrounding City than the average student.

Date: Apr 22 2007
Major: Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc (This Major's Salary over time)
I came here from A big city thinking that I was going to be less stressed out from school and to get away from all the distractions which come from living in the city you grew up in. I was right as well as wrong.

I will first start out with what I saw was a very BIG problem on this campus…student activity and involvement. Every week there is a movie shown on campus and that is their activity, oh and sorry did I forget to mention the same band comes to play their reggae music once in a while and this draws the crowd of pot heads on this campus. Ya, thats pretty much everyone here. The campus life is lame and I even joined a student organization to try to change it but it didn't change people people here are so damn close minded that they think if theres a DJ on campus it won't help the atmospehere!! Also, people are so mediocre about everything. In all my classes, the two years that I have been here, only the people from out of state speak their minds because the locals around here only speak when they are defending their people or their land. Its pretty rediculous. Another thing is, our whole class discussion can be on racism and how "white" people are racist and all these bad things about "white" people but then when we get on a topic that focuses on how the "local" or hawaiian community is, people's blood start boiling and they become enraged. I don't understand why the teachers allow the discussion of other races, then when it comes to the people of this "land", its a HUGE issue???

All people do is smoke weed all day and drink. There are no fun clubs to go to. Magoo's, which is a run down bar, basically lots of tables placed on cement with huge roaches that run across your feet and a cover from the rain is where everyone goes to hang out because its 'cool'.

If you want to even think about pursuing fashion here, don't! The fashion program sucks so badly. I mean no one here has been off of this rock and they think they know everything about what fashion has to offer! The program is filled with useless, uncreative minds that think they're the shit basically. No one has real creativity and people can't sew garments correctly. The teachers have no real experience and this department is a crock!

The last thing that I have to say about this shit hole is that everyone on campus, whichever office you go into is extremely unorganized and even higher ups can't speak english.

EVERYONE HERE SPEAKS BROKEN ENGLISH, ALSO KNOWN AS PIGEON! THEY THINK ITS SO COOL TO SPEAK IT BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE A LOCAL! IT MUST BE SO COOL TO SPEAK AN UNEDUCATED LANGUAGE BECAUSE THEN YOU FIT IN. ONLY HERE THOUGH BECAUSE WHEN THEY GO TO THE 'REAL WORLD' AKA THE MAINLAND LETS SEE HOW FAR THEY GO IN GETTING A PROFESSIONAL JOB.

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE EXTRA COURSES BECAUSE YOU NEED TO LEARN ABOUT HAWAII IS SHIT! ISNT THAT WHAT HIGH SCHOOL IS FOR. ANYWAYS, IF YOU ARE THINKING OF COMING HERE, THINK AGAIN!

Responses

I agree. Most of the people here in Honolulu do act rather stupid. But don't let it spoil your day. I'm from Hawaii Island (AKA: "the Big Island") and even I am surprised at how sad this place can be sometimes. If you take the time to look around though, you'll find that not everyone, Hawaiians and all, are jerks. If you were to go to the Big Island for example, you'll be hard pressed to find anyone like what you described. It's just that Honolulu has become the "garbage dump" of Hawaii. Also, keep in mind that just because one my be from Hawaii, does not make them a Native Hawaiian. Thanks for the insight!

First and foremost, do your research. Hawaii is one of the most diverse places in the world and because of this, the people are generally tolerant of races. They are not racist. Second the reason why it is so laid back is because Hawaii is not the mainland nor will it ever be. Hawaii has a culture that is unique from other places.

Everyone does not speak Pigeon. However it is very popular. You obviously do not know the history. This dialect was derived from early plantation workers. It is said to be a blend of many languages that workers used to communicate with each other since they all do not necessarily speak the same language. As for the land issue. Before the Hawaiian islands were annexed to the US, it was its own territory which was taken by force. So it is natural that the people feel that it is their land because it was in the first place. Just do not expect this place to be like Malibu

As for drugs, virtually all universities have this problem. It is that or either you hang out in the wrong area or with the wrong people.

Honolulu is different from the Big Island because it is the city. There are far more people and attitudes aren’t happy go lucky.

Last don’t use such vulgar language.

I have heard that there is racism towards white people from the mainlands and I'm really curious as to how bad it is because some people don't mention it but I'm afraid that if I go there the only people who would befriend me are other white people from the mainlands. I think I could deal with stupid comments about white people but I wouldn't want to be at a place where I feel secluded.

I agree. I live in hawaii, and I hate pigeon. It's not even a fricking language. I come from a private girls school, and I can tell you that the academics at UH are horrible.

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I absolutely agree!! The fashion program still sucks! You would think this review wouldn't be relevant since its dated 2007, but the fashion program still sucks! I highly recommend steering away from this department and go to a school that actually teaches you. You will waste your money and time.

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