1. By Bradley Pierce

2.  Pidgin in Hawaii  Speech Disorders  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X9AA eDCr4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7X9AA eDCr4  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdg9FM p7f8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLdg9FM p7f8

3.  Can we really judge a book by its cover?  What makes a language legitimate?

4.  Pidgin is an essential part of the Hawaiian culture  Should be taught and expressed  Less than ¾ of the state’s eighth graders were writing at or above a basic achievement letters but that Pidgin is not the sole cause of this performance.  Hawaiian identity

5.  Critics of pidgin say that teaching pidgin is a disservice to the students.  People speak “real” English in jobs around the world  Pidgin impairs student’s grammar  Gov. Ben Cavatino said he appreciated being corrected when he spoke pidgin so that he could learn good english.

7.  Most native children growing up in Hawaii are exposed to pidgin and they speak it with their families and friends  Pidgin is an essential part of this culture that should be expressed.  People with speech disorders can be very smart. Most speech disorders are not the result of mental disorders.

8.  Stereotyping  Jobs  Future Success

9.  Could change the way education is taught in Hawaii.  Society becoming more aware of speech disorders.