The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Develo School No. One
Thy Sokhaing is a second grade student at the Develo School No. One. He is 14 years old and he is ethnically Lao. He got ranked second among his 24 classmates in the first semester of this year. He has an older brother who is an informal education teacher. His house is a five-minute walk from the school.
| On his studies:
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“I am better in Khmer language than in the other subjects at the school. I have had some difficulty because my teacher is Cambodian and he cannot explain the lesson to me in Lao. I want to learn from a Lao teacher, for it is easy for him to explain whenever I don’t understand.”
“When I finish primary school here in my village, I hope to continue my studies at the high school in the provincial town of Banlung because I have relatives there who I can stay with. When I grow up I want to be a teacher because I like children and I want to educate them as I have been educated.”
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| On the new building:
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“I am happy with the new school. At the old school, some of the children didn’t come to school because they didn’t like the old school. I heard that children who have never attended class will come to study at the new school at the beginning of the new school year starting from 1st October. Then the atmosphere here will be lively and happy.” |
