KIMBERLY BLING 6 The Amercan Dream for Asian students…. Mister Dave out of doors….Manoa Mac's ….Tutoring Lessons…. Ethnic / Gender Trends in Literature

MATSUDA SAIJIRO 28
Keeaumoku Street Bustle.…Modern Japanese
in Honolulu….Idiomatics,the
Flotsam Jetsam of a Language

BAU FREE 54
A Parable of the War in Vietnam….
Culture Shock to the American Dream….
An Indomitable Spirit to Survive

NINE-ELEVEN 84
Ground Zero in American Lore….
The National Heart Attack….No Recovery Yet

PEARL HARBOR and NINE-ELEVEN 96
The Beginning of a War….A
Beginning of the End….
Chokeholds on the National
Psyche….A Ship of Fools

NINE-FOURTEEN 139
Field tripping….Student Types at UH….
Fishy Omens….Political Correctness in the
UH Style

TANTALUS ~ ROUNDTOP 174
The Rite Weekly….Weather Patterns
in Honolulu….Mister Dave's Secret Faith….
A Paean to Presidents Reagan and Beethoven

DOCTOR MOOCHIE 192
Paradise Palms Cafeteria at UH….
A Harry Potter on Wheels….Scientific Research
into Cloning, and the Pack of Wannabe's….

THE CAR 206
Cultures of the Inside / Outside Life in Hawaii….
A Schizophrenic Island
Consciousness….Living in the Shell
of a Cancer Sell

This book is dedicated first to my mother,
Leonora V. Carey-Baumgartner, who more than anyone
else has helped inspire me to follow dreams of
being a wordsmith. Without her I could not have
been able to live in Hawaii. Without her I could
not have been able to learn early on the joy of
music, and of making good words. I could never
have found my Writing Voice, my Speaking Voice,
or any other kind of a Voice. Thanks, Mom.
My Mom has never given up on her dream to live
each day in a positive way.
In assembling this book, I have tried to hold
fast to my Mother's Dream, and to my own.
Like you in so many ways, Mom, I want to help
Teachers day by day craft new beginnings towards
better worlds.
This book is also dedicated to the wonderful
students I've been able to work with, and be a
"Mister Dave" to, in this new era of the Y-2-K.
May we all continue making our Music in words.

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