Makalani, im happy for you. i hope more young people follow in your path. the real truth about waiane is somewere between tradition and reality. tradition says hawaiians are 'special', somehow meaning they are more special than other cultures. you know this is not true. every culture, ever, teaches the same thing. every culture, ever, sees out migration at some time in their existenc; i.e., there are more hawaiians in las vegas than on the waianae coast. they didnt all move for economic reasons either.  if you can get kids out of the suffocating environment that culture and tradition can sometimes impose on them, more can, and will follow your lead.