The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Kork Romiet Nippon
Foundation School
Ong Yuon is a sixth grade student at the Kork Romiet Nippon Foundation School.
Out of the seventy students in her class, she ranked eighteenth.
| On herself:
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I’m thirteen years old. I have one younger brother, who studies in the fourth grade. My parents are both farmers. They grow rice to feed our family. They also grow gourds, pumpkins, and cucumbers. Our house is only a hundred meters away.
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| On the new building:
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I am very glad to study at the new school. Since it’s been built, I feel I want to learn more. When I was studying at the old school, I didn’t feel like learning much and didn’t attend classes regularly. I didn’t have many friends, either. My friends all live in other villages. This new building has enough rooms and all my friends come to school with a positive attitude. It also makes me feel good.
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| Favorite subject:
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Science. I like studying about the human body and want to know more about it.
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| On her spare time:
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In my spare time I work at home. I wash dishes, pans, and clothes. After that, I help my parents at the rice paddies. I don’t really play with anyone back home. But at school, I play with all my friends. I play soccer and ‘high jump’*
[‘High jump’ is a game where four children hold an elastic string. A fifth child tries to catch the string using only her feet. The height of the string increases gradually, until the string is being held above the heads of the four ‘posts’]
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| In the future:
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After graduation I want to become a tailor. I like clothes. I would like to decorate and embroider them. If I could be anything, I would like to be a nurse. I want to understand medicine and treat patients. Then I can also help if any of my family members get sick.
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| If she could travel anywhere
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I would go to Canada. Someone told me that Canada is an interesting place, and I want to see how people live there.
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