Punahou
First, without looking anything up on the web, have you ever heard of Punahou School?
I've heard that if you mention Punahou almost anywhere, there will be at least one person that has heard of it or gone there.
Common Sources: Punahou School
Steve Case - Former CEO of AOL
Case Middle School - Named after Steve Case
I've heard that if you mention Punahou almost anywhere, there will be at least one person that has heard of it or gone there.
Common Sources: Punahou School
Steve Case - Former CEO of AOL
Case Middle School - Named after Steve Case
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My high school also hosted a summer trip to China when some people from the Iolani school also took part...just to drop the name of the other Hawaiian prep school I've heard of.
Originally posted by tonton
So, it looks like trtam's assertion was correct!
You went to a parochial all-boys (at least sort of) boarding school? That explains everything!
It's in Honolulu, like almost everything else in Hawaii. One of my roommates in college went to Punahou, and I met a few other kids who went there. I also have two Hawaiian friends who went to Kamehameha, another top school in the land of rainbows. There's some other big school down there, may be lolani, that Punahou "doesn't like" in the typical high school rivalry manner. My friend nearly got expelled from Punahou his senior year after he and some friends painted "Mang" on trees and walls of that school.
I've been told that "mang" is some moderately derrogatory term to describe orientals. I say it's moderately derrogatory, because I've never actually met anyone from Hawaii who doesn't have a little (usually more than a little) oriental ancenstry, including my friend, who is half Chinese.