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The Cambodia Rural School
Project
The Ann
Morrison School
(November, 2001)
Yorng
Theara is a 15-year-old sixth grade student at the school.
She was ranked ninth among the 42 students in her fifth grade
class. She has three
siblings at the school, and they are all younger than her.
Her parents are rice farmers.
In
Their Own Word
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the new building: |
“I
live far from the new building—about one kilometer.
I walk to school, and I like coming here because all of my
friends are here as well. We
have many new things like new tables, nice walls, and windows.
It is nice in this building and much easier to study here
because it is very comfortable to sit at the tables.
I do not worry about the rain leaking through the roof,
either. The old
building had bad tables and no windows or doors.”
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| On
school subjects: |
“I like social science and
mathematics. I like
social science because it teaches me about dignity and good
manners. I like
mathematics because I can use it in the future.
Khmer lessons are difficult for me to understand.”
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her hobbies: |
“I like to read books when I have free
time, and I study together with my friends.”
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her future: |
“I would like to graduate from high
school so that I can have a good future.
I would like to go to the United States because I have
heard that there are many opportunities and jobs there.
I would also like to be a nurse, so that I can help my
relatives and patients in the village.”
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