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The Cambodia Rural School Project
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Thy
Sokhaing is a third grade student at the Develo School No. One. She is fourteen
years old, and she is ethnically Lao. She was ranked fourth among her 40
classmates in the first semester of this year. Her parents are both farmers. She
has three sisters and four brothers; four of her siblings
come to study at the new school.
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On
her studies:
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“I
am good at Khmer language but the most difficult subject is mathematics
because I am not good with numbers. My parents allow me to go to school
because they want me to get an education. I am happy as well that they
enrolled me at the school. I can speak Lao but I don’t know how to
write it. I saw some foreign tourists come to visit my village but I
can’t speak to them. I want to learn English so that I can meet
them.”
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On
the new building:
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“I
like the new school building. I don't want to learn in the old, ugly
building. The new building is bright and beautiful.”
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