Asking "what school you went?" here in Hawaiʻi is synonymous with "where you from?” First and foremost, it's one way to tell if you are local or not and gauge where you are from.  But it's also a way (at least for me) to form a bond with someone that I just met. Cause with locals here in Hawaiʻi, everybody knows everybody and the degrees of separtion here in Hawaiʻi are like 3 (but probably 2) so by learning "what school you went?" I can ask if they know someone that I know who went to that school and create an instantenous bond/connection with them. It's essentially our own type of “icebreaker.”

And I think most people are smart enough to realize that the world is made up of great people and horrible people no matter what kind school they go.

If you can’t understand any of the points I have shared and are unable to adapt to Hawaiʻi lifestyle, then Hawaiʻi is definitely not the place for you and you can pack your bags and kindly leave.