The Takao Onoda School

The Cambodia Rural School Project

The World Mate School Number Six

(October, 2001)

Ing Sina is an 11-year-old second grade student at the World Mate School No. Six. She was ranked fourth among the 40 students in her class. She has one older sister and one younger sister, but neither go to school. Her mother is a farmer and her father is deceased.

On the new building:	“ I like the new building because it is nice and new. It is much nicer than the old one.”
On school subjects:	“ I like to come to school because I want t gain knowledge so that I will never be tricked. I like hearing mathematics because it is the easies of all the subjects. I don’t like Khmer class because I can’t remember the lessons.”
On her hobbies:	“ When I and not in school, I work at home, cleaning the house and cooking. When I meet my friends, I like to play and run with them.”
On her future:	“ I would like to graduate from secondary school, if I can. My family is poor, so maybe I can only finish fifth grade. My mother wants me to study because she only finished second grade. I would like to be a teacher or to run my own business someday, so that I can earn money and be happy.”
If I could go anywhere……:	“ I would go to Australia because I have heard that it is a happy place.”