The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Anlong Kray Nippon Foundation
School
Choan Pharith is a thirteen-year-old, fifth grade student. Out of the 39 students in his class, he was ranked as number one.
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I have one brother and one sister. We all live with our mother, and my sister studies in the fourth grade in this school. My mother is a farmer, but also has other small businesses to earn some extra money. My father died of some disease about a year ago. It takes me about 20 minutes to walk to school every day.
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| On the new building:
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I am very glad to study in the new school building, and want to take care of it well so that it can be used for a long time. It was a bit difficult to study in the old wooden school. I would get anxious whenever the wind blew and shook the old building.
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| Favorite subject:
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I like math the most. I find that knowing how to deal with numbers is very useful.
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| On his spare time:
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In my spare time, I help my mother with her work. I plant bananas, gourds, corn, and coconuts. I also help her farm the rice field.
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| In the future:
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I want to be a teacher and provide knowledge to the children of the next generation.
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| If he could do anything:
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I want to be a teacher and nothing else. |
