Karlee+J.

Phase I: Who Am I? What's My Place? The name is Karlee Kaleikaumaka Yukie Joaquin. My birthday is October 27, 1995 which would make me 16 years old. I am from the aloha state of Hawaii and you'll most likely either at school, the mall or hanging out with friends. Speaking of school, I go to James B. Castle High School graduating the year of 2013. I don't do a lot of sports but I have one major sport apart of my life which is dance. Ive been dancing for 12 years and for 10 of those years i danced at 247 Danceforce but for now I dance at my schools dance studio. Honestly I don't know what I want to do yet. I'm definetly thinking a lot about it and coming to a decision soon. I'll make sure to keep you posted.

My identity is made up from the experiences that I have gone through in my life. All the fights, memories, decisions, and the way my parents raised me to handle situations is what made a part of my identity. Rational thoughts give me the opportunity to think decisions through instead rushing them. Being rational also makes figuring out my identity clearer. My instinctive emotions may go a little crazy at time when I am angry but there is always a little instinct in my mind letting me know not to take it to far. Those three abilities I believe make up my identity.
 * What __really__ makes up your identity?

In my history class we learned all about discrimination and how all human beings can do such to each other. So in my sense of place their wouldn't be any discrimination just love for everyone around us. No war and fighting just peace between all/ Unlike most people I have faith in all of us. If we all just worked together in unison and see each others as equals we can accomplish any goal that we have. A sense of place is a place where your happy, in this kind of world I would be happy. My identity is somewhat my personality. I believe that your personality is a major part when it comes to being in a group or working with others. If your personality is not something that belongs with a certain group well that wouldnt obviously work. Personally my personality is well rounded and doesn't stay specific it fits with a wide range of people. My sense of place tells me wether or not my surrounds are comfortable or uncomfortable. Not being able to tell wether a group is working together properly or not can set things to a bad start/end. Your identity and sense of place is a major part of working with a group because its who you are.
 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?

I bring a very uniquequality because I like to think outside of the box instead of just staying within it. My contribution would give my group the opportunity to see ideas through someone else eyes/point of view. That my favorite part of the GLIP not only seeing your answers but seeing what other think about the same question you were asked. Given that I hope my answers, sense of place, identity can show you how unique my contribution really is. A local problem in Hawaii is the reducing amount of water being produced. Water is basically one of our main sources that we need and while our population is growing our water is disappearing. This needs to be greatly addressed because of the dependence on water that we have. A way you could help is take shorter showers by only using water when rinsing off or just getting wet. Also watering your gardens, lawns, and farms after 4pm. These are just a couple of ideas but there are definetly many more resources to improve our amount of water supply
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?
 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?


 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?

The qualities needed to successfully solve a problem is courage, patience, and respect. You need respect to set boundaries when dealing with peoples problems because help can be miscontruded into something it isn't. Patience gives you the time to take a problem, think about the solution instead of making a rushed decision. I believe patience is the most important quality when trying to solve a problem. Lastly courage is needed because no solution is always esy to get and to have courage it gives you the opportunity to get the perfect one

Phase II: Sense of Place

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Use these questions to help you determine which picture shows someone else why your “place” is so special to you.
 * Does a scenic picture represent the beauty you believe that your town has?
 * Does a picture of a group of people represent and show a warmth and friendliness that your town has?
 * Does a statue or building convey the feeling of history that makes your place important and unique?
 * Is there a cultural event that represents the values of your home location?

What are your initial thoughts about how your image addresses the questions above? Later, you will be working with the members of your group to create a travel package that includes visits to each group member's home location (see Phase II)

Phase III: Identify Local Issue:

What is your local issue?

What can you do to be address the issue?

What is the global impact of your local issue?

Add these thoughts to your Group's Discussion Forum on Local Issues