Tokelau is an small island, which has a maximum of 500 people. The population at Tokelau is dropping everyday. The education at Tokelau is very poor which means the children have to travel by boat to go to school to get an education and when they have finished school the parents have to chose if they are going to send there children over seas to get an better education and learn more knowledge of the outside world. The Tokelau island has always been ruled by the elders. The elders make all the decision that happen on the island. The elders make sure that everybody on the island has a job. The elders have also allowed the women to attend meetings and to do certain jobs. The people find it hard to make Tokelau a good home because the people are scared that who left to get an better education would never return back to the island. The elders have made it compulsory that the people all have to participate in the Tokelau team sports. Some of the people on the island are becoming lazy and are relying on the shops.