They call themselves "lolo"-lowly locals in Hawaiian slang-and they've already learned a hard lesson: all they should look forward to in life is mediocrity and failure. These low-income, multi-ethnic teenagers don't expect anything from themselves, because nobody else does, until the day the new science teacher (Halley Berry) arrives at Kona Pali High.
They call themselves "lolo"-lowly locals in Hawaiian slang-and they've already learned a hard lesson: all they should look forward to in life is mediocrity and failure. These low-income, multi-ethnic teenagers don't expect anything from themselves, because nobody else does, until the day the new science teacher (Halley Berry) arrives at Kona Pali High.