The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Kon Phnom Nippon Foundation
School
(August, 2001)
Chea Chantou is a 15-year-old fourth grade student at The Sala Krao Nippon Foundation School. She was ranked first among the 45 students in her class. Her parents are farmers and she has a brother in first grade and a sister in third grade at the same school. She lives 1 km away from the school.
In Their Own Words. . .
| On the new building: | “I like the new building because it gives me knowledge. The old school building had no walls, so I like this one better.”
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| On school subjects: | “I like mathematics because I am good at that subject. I don’t like applied science because I do not understand it.”
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| On her hobbies: | “I like going to the fields with my mother in my free time. When I meet my friends, we read and study.”
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| On her future: | “I want to be a teacher so that I can teach the future students.”
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| Message for the Nippon Foundation: | “I thank the Nippon Foundation for this school building.” |
