About Brandi
Aloha, my name is Brandi Burnett. I am from Makakilo, Kapolei. I have lived there my whole life and loved it for the most part. The only thing that isn’t so great is that I live very far from all of my friends. Also, it is a very quiet neighborhood with not many things to do. I am not too sure about the winds, the rains, the mauna, and the wai yet. I got into Kamehameha my freshman year and was the last daughter and grandchild to have gotten in and soon enough, graduate! My cousin, Kala Burnett also got in the same year and he is the last of my cousins to attend and soon graduate also. I am very proud to be one of the last two of our family to graduate and I will strive for only good grades and great days this school year!
Mālama Honua literally means “to take care of the land”. But to me it means more than that. The land is everything to us and our culture. Mālama Honua doesn't just mean to take care of the land but also to take care of everything that the land provides for us. The land is our love and our life. Some people truly don't understand the importance it has to us. We have to give back to the land because it gave us and our culture so much. But the land goes beyond just “the land”. It is all of our surroundings no matter where you are. Wherever you are, even if in a building, that still counts as the land around you.
Ever since I was a young girl, I have always known to Mālama Honua. From my grandparents, parents and even my siblings, I was always told to take care of my surroundings. If I were even to see a mess somewhere, I would clean it up even if it wasn't mine because that's just how I was raised. Once, I was driving behind a car in North Shore and I noticed that they were littering out of their car windows. I was thoroughly upset and my mom turned the car around just so we could pick up their trash. By the rental car I could tell that they weren’t from here and that was not a surprise to me. But the disrespect was real and I felt it because I watched them trash my beautiful island and I was definitely not okay with that. I believe that anywhere I go, even if I leave here, I will always Mālama Honua.
Personally, I am very excited for this class! I have only heard good things and that makes me very happy. Obviously one of my biggest aspirations for this class is to learn more about my culture. I have always and will always enjoy learning new things especially if it is something that I am interested in and can relate with. Clearly, Mālama Honua is a class that I truly am interested in and that I relate very much to. Another aspiration is to go on as many field trips to cultural places as possible. My friends that graduated from the 2018 class told me about fun field trips that they had went on and I would love to experience those also. I am a person for adventure and nature and if you mix that in with learning about my culture then I am all in.
Aloha ʻāina literally means “love the land”. It is basically the same thing as Mālama Honua. To me, aloha ‘āina means to love the land and then some. It is the same thing I talked about with mālama honua. The land gave so many things to us and our culture. It is truly our backbone and what keeps us alive. To love the land we need to truly show it love and to give back! That is the whole thing about aloha ‘āina, to give back. That is how we will truly show the land our love. Aloha ‘āina relates to Mālama Honua because it is almost the same thing but not completely. It definitely does fall under the same category though. It is different in a way but also the same in a way. Taking care of the land is loving the land and loving the land is taking care of the land.
Aloha, my name is Brandi Burnett. I am from Makakilo, Kapolei. I have lived there my whole life and loved it for the most part. The only thing that isn’t so great is that I live very far from all of my friends. Also, it is a very quiet neighborhood with not many things to do. I am not too sure about the winds, the rains, the mauna, and the wai yet. I got into Kamehameha my freshman year and was the last daughter and grandchild to have gotten in and soon enough, graduate! My cousin, Kala Burnett also got in the same year and he is the last of my cousins to attend and soon graduate also. I am very proud to be one of the last two of our family to graduate and I will strive for only good grades and great days this school year!
Mālama Honua literally means “to take care of the land”. But to me it means more than that. The land is everything to us and our culture. Mālama Honua doesn't just mean to take care of the land but also to take care of everything that the land provides for us. The land is our love and our life. Some people truly don't understand the importance it has to us. We have to give back to the land because it gave us and our culture so much. But the land goes beyond just “the land”. It is all of our surroundings no matter where you are. Wherever you are, even if in a building, that still counts as the land around you.
Ever since I was a young girl, I have always known to Mālama Honua. From my grandparents, parents and even my siblings, I was always told to take care of my surroundings. If I were even to see a mess somewhere, I would clean it up even if it wasn't mine because that's just how I was raised. Once, I was driving behind a car in North Shore and I noticed that they were littering out of their car windows. I was thoroughly upset and my mom turned the car around just so we could pick up their trash. By the rental car I could tell that they weren’t from here and that was not a surprise to me. But the disrespect was real and I felt it because I watched them trash my beautiful island and I was definitely not okay with that. I believe that anywhere I go, even if I leave here, I will always Mālama Honua.
Personally, I am very excited for this class! I have only heard good things and that makes me very happy. Obviously one of my biggest aspirations for this class is to learn more about my culture. I have always and will always enjoy learning new things especially if it is something that I am interested in and can relate with. Clearly, Mālama Honua is a class that I truly am interested in and that I relate very much to. Another aspiration is to go on as many field trips to cultural places as possible. My friends that graduated from the 2018 class told me about fun field trips that they had went on and I would love to experience those also. I am a person for adventure and nature and if you mix that in with learning about my culture then I am all in.
Aloha ʻāina literally means “love the land”. It is basically the same thing as Mālama Honua. To me, aloha ‘āina means to love the land and then some. It is the same thing I talked about with mālama honua. The land gave so many things to us and our culture. It is truly our backbone and what keeps us alive. To love the land we need to truly show it love and to give back! That is the whole thing about aloha ‘āina, to give back. That is how we will truly show the land our love. Aloha ‘āina relates to Mālama Honua because it is almost the same thing but not completely. It definitely does fall under the same category though. It is different in a way but also the same in a way. Taking care of the land is loving the land and loving the land is taking care of the land.