The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Chhe Teal Chrum Nippon
Foundation School
(July, 2001)
Mr. Ngeun Pong is the deputy director of the Chhe Teal Chrum Nippon Foundation School. He is 47 and has been a third grade teacher for 15 years. His children have all either graduated or are attending school elsewhere.
In Their Own Words. . .
| On the new building: | “I like it because the roof doesn’t leak.”
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| On teaching: | “I like it because I want to see my students become smart.”
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| On school subjects: | “I think that the students like learning math. I do not know why.”
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| On his personal history: | “I was a foot soldier for the Khmer Rouge for 12 years before becoming a teacher. I became a teacher because when the Vietnamese invaded [in 1979] there was a lack of teachers and I had been to school, so I was needed to teach.”
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| Message for the Nippon Foundation: | “I would like to thank the Nippon Foundation very much for this great school which helps the residents of this village very much. I wish the members of the Foundation happiness and long life.” |
