The Alex and Lily Talarico School

On going to school with her siblings:	“One of my three siblings is also at this school. She is my older sister, and it is nice to have her here because she can explain any questions that I have difficulty with.”
On school subjects:	“I like mathematics because when it is explained well it is easy. I dislike chemistry because it is too complex.”
On her free time:	“I like to play volleyball, but I also have to spend a lot of time studying.”
On leaving the town:	“I have left this town once, to visit Siem Reap with my classmates and a teacher. We went to visit Angkor Wat during a school vacation. I liked it because it is a very old, wonderful temple, with lots of history. No one could build something like that now.”
If I could go anywhere…:	“I would go to Kompong Som because I have heard that it is beautiful and a fun place.” [Kompong Som, on Cambodia’s southern coast, is famous for its beaches.]
If I could do anything…:	“I would work in this village, close to home. I want to become a teacher, but my mother doesn’t want me to do that. She thinks that I will get sick from all of the chalk dust.”