next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week" (1996). 
"Our ancestors sailed across a vast ocean, one third of the earth's surface, and to accomplish this great feat they needed the vision to see islands over the horizon, the ability to plan intentional voyages of discovery, the discipline to train physically and mentally, the courage to take risks, and a deep sense of aloha to bind the crew together during the voyage. These are Hawaiian values but they are also universal values. They worked in the past and they will work today" (
instead of seeking radically new opportunities to develop school-as-it-can-be" (Seymour Papert and Gaston Caperton, in 
matter. What matters to me is the determined space and time where determined tasks are accomplished. Social historical and political tasks, not only individual ones. . . . The two main tasks of the school: to get the already known knowledge and to produce the knowledge not yet in existence" (In Seymour Papert's 
and to consider the action of others to give point and direction to his own, is equivalent to breaking down barriers of class, race, and national territory which kept men from perceiving the full import of their activity" (
Subj: Two Million Minutes
From: William W Reisner [reisner@hawaii.edu]
Sent: Sun 8/10/2008 7:30 AM
To: James Shimabukuro
Jimmy,
Wondering if you heard of this documentary, Two Million Minutes (the time one is in high school).
It follows six students — two in China, two in India, and two in US through the rigors (or lack thereof) of their curriculum. I suggested to International Festival coordinator that he look into showing it next March. Need to find out more about it though.
http://www.2mminutes.com
Bill Reisner
[REPLY 8.10.08 4:00 PM]
Bill,
I hope you won’t mind if I share your email in Windblown Bytes. Until you mentioned it, I’d never heard of Two Million Minutes. I clicked on the URL and expected to watch the first few seconds and wasn’t prepared to be dumbfounded. I watched the trailer and the backstory at the site, then went to YouTube to grab versions that I could use in this blog. There, I found part 2 of the intro.
I haven’t seen more than these three brief pieces, but I have a feeling the full video will be just as good. This is a very compelling video. I agree with you that KCC’s International Festival coordinator should look into it. I would love to see the whole. Frankly, these short pieces have created a gnawing sense of doom in the pit of my stomach mainly because Bob Compton isn’t saying anything new. He’s simply confirming my worst nightmares that, as a nation, we’ve gotten soft in more ways than one. If we accept this premise, then the conclusion for the future of our country is frightening. For example, soon, we may become second class citizens in our own country when immigrants increasingly take over critical professional roles that we can no longer fill. And the chilling part is, we can already see this happening.
Interestingly, as I was watching the last quarter of the live US-China basketball game (Beijing Olympics) this morning, a similar thought struck me. What’s happening to the US that we have to send all of our elite NBA players to compete in an Olympic sport that we not only invented but dominated for decades with college players? On the progress scale, it’s almost as though we’ve been walking while the rest of the world has been running.
Two Million Minutes should be an eye-opener. Definitely worth watching. Thanks, Bill.
-Jimmy
New Trailer for Two Million Minutes
The Making of 2MM – by Bob Compton, Executive Producer
The Making of Two Million Minutes – PART 2
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