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Mr. Hour Hamm, Deputy Director of The Bor Tangsuor Nippon
Foundation School (August, 2001)
Mr. Hour Hamm, 23 years old, is the Deputy Director of The Bor Tangsuor Nippon Foundation School. He has been a teacher for one year and became Deputy School Director just three months before.
In
Their Own Words. . .
| On the new
building: |
“I am very happy with the new
school building. The old
building that I used to teach in had bamboo walls and a thatched roof.
It was not easy to teach there, and students didn’t like to go to
school there. In this
building it is much easier to teach, and now the kids like to come to
school and I am happy teaching as well.”
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| On school
subjects: |
“I like teaching mathematics
because I think that even if students don’t catch much, they can still
use this subject to make their own small business.
I don't like teaching applied science because some steps of the
lesson the kids already know. I have always thought that the important
subjects are Khmer and mathematics.”
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| On teaching: |
“I became a teacher because it
is what I have wanted to do ever since I was a student.
So, I applied for this job in 1998.
The best thing about it is that I am working in a rural area.
I volunteered to teach here because they lack education.
There are no big problems, but sometimes I worry that our leaders
[in government] are not taking care of us teachers in the rural
areas.”
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| On improving the
school:
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“We try to teach our kids not
to quarrel, and the school community is planning to construct some
sports facilities on the school grounds.”
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| Message for the
Donor:
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“I would like to thank The
Nippon Foundation for providing this new building to the villagers,
students and teachers here.” |
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