Sorry but Punahou is all about connections and an elitist mentality which pervades the school and
those who go there.  The sense of superiority of those that go there is mostly subtle but very
perceptible.  Kind of reminds me about pre-statehood days when the DOE had two distinct
educational systems, the regular public schools and the English Standard schools which were
kind of like a private school within the public school system which were attended by those who
could not get into schools like Punahou but did not want to associate with those from the 
lower classes who were from the wrong side of the tracks so to speak.