The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Santhipeap Nippon
Foundation School
(December, 2001)
Thuy Thea is an 11-year-old third grade student at the Santhipeap Nippon Foundation School. Her parents are farmers and two of her three younger brothers are also at the school.
In Their Own Words. . .
| On the new building: | “I like the new school because it is nice. The old building had a thatched roof that would collapse when it rained. Now, we have a concrete building that doesn’t collapse and is very large.”
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| On school subjects: | “I like learning social science and Khmer because they are easy to learn and the lessons are easy to read. I don’t like learning mathematics or applied science because there are too many questions and it is hard to answer them.”
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| On her future: | “I want to go to university so that I can get a good job. My parents never went to school, so they don’t know how to read and write. I want to be a nurse so that I can help the sick people in my village.”
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| If I could do anything…: | “I would help Cambodia develop because there has always been war here.” |
