The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Beung Nippon Foundation
School
(August, 2001)
Heng Sophy is a 14-year-old fourth grade student at The Stoeng Kach Nippon Foundation School. She was ranked third among the 37 students in her class.
In Their Own Words. . .
| On the new building: | “I like this new school building because it’s easy to study in.”
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| On school subjects: | “I like learning mathematics because I like this subject and I want to know how to calculate. I don’t like Khmer because it’s difficult.”
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| On her hobbies: | “I like to study the lessons in my free time. I also like to read.”
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| On her family: | “My father is a motorbike repairman and my mother is a housewife.”
[In Cambodia, owning a motorbike is roughly equivalent to owning a family car in the West.] |
