LIFE AFTER KING SUGAR

Then it will take a quick detour, but also be very much tied in with the fact that the labor camps were devleoped and that they played a key role in the diversity of the island and the culture of "Aloha."

In fact, only 22 states require sex education within their schools, with just 13 of those 22 mandating that education to be "medically accurate." To make matters even more uneven, the definition of what is deemed to be medically accurate sex education varies from state to state.

"You can take the person out of the plantation, but you can't take the plantation out of them" - Henrietta De Luiz-Chong

Teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. dropped significantly in 2010, a change many within the field credited to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program (TPP), launched under the Obama administration. Yet in July, under the Trump administration, the Department of Health and Human Services cut more than $200 million in federal grants to 81 organizations working to decrease teen pregnancy rates.

Many are concerned the cut signals a substantial move in the wrong direction for U.S. healthcare. "We were on a better track under the Obama administration because the funding was for comprehensive sex ed," says Wendy Sellers, author of the new sex education curriculum implemented in multiple counties including Los Angeles. "We've seen our teen pregnancy rates go down down down; they're lower than they've been in decades. Now under the new administration, that funding has been cut, and millions more have been put into abstinence-only education. Which has not been proven to be effective."

Finally, the text will transition into where people are today. What percentage of employees found jobs, what is the future of the land, what effect do people think that the ending of this era will have on the future of Hawaii?

What issues are still very present, espeically with land. ie water rights, furthertourism development, cane fires (with a drought this summer), economy not being diversified, inability to support island. 15,000 references

Others within the field express a similar concern when it comes to the growing silence they witness surrounding sex education; especially when dealing with parent involvement.

"Kids are full of questions that often don't deal directly with sex," says Emmalinda MacLean, co-founder of 'More Than Sex Ed,' a self-proclaimed fact-based sexuality education. "Most of the time they're interested about the changes taking place with their bodies, concerns I have come to categorize as 'Am I normal?' questions. Such as, 'What age do most girls start their period?' and 'Is it unhealthy to have a lot of wet dreams?' I've come to find that usually, kids would like to have these types of conversations with a parent, but often parents don't know where to begin."

More Than Sex Ed argues, "Knowledge is power and kids have the right to have their questions answered." MacLean stresses that in her classes, all questions are answered factually and respectfully.

"Kids know when adults are hiding things from them," says MacLean. "More often than not, if a kid is asking you outrageous questions about sex, they're testing to see how honest you're going to be with them. It's after they've figured that out that they decide whether to trust you with what's concerning them."