The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Masanori Sugihara School
Hoeung Sambath, a first grade student (Mar, 2001)
Mr. Hoeung Sambath is in the first grade at The Masanori Sugihara School. He is 13 years old.
In Their Own Words. . .
| on the new building | “I am happy with the new school building because it makes me want to study hard.”
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| on her family | “I was born in Thailand because my parents went to live their during the war in Cambodia. Now my parents live in Cambodia, but I study through the third grade in Thailand. I can speak some Thai. I have one sister and one brother. My brother works in Thailand, and my sister lives there. She is married to a Thai person. My mother is a farmer, and my father would be 44 but he died two or three years ago because of a heart problem.”
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| on school subjects | “I like coming to school because I want to learn. I like to learn Khmer because I already learned mathematics in Thailand.”
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| on her hobbies | “I like to plant vegetables because without doing that, I am afraid that I won’t have any vegetables to eat. I like to play football when I have free time.”
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| on her future | “I want to be a teacher because I want to help people.” |
