The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Stefan Ellis School
(August, 2001)
Ly Seiha is a 12-year-old second grade student at the Stefan Ellis School. Her mother is a farmer and her father is a musician and instrument craftsman and merchant. She is in the same class as her older sister.
In Their Own Words. . .
| On the new building: | “I like the new building because it has much more room that the old building and the roof doesn’t leak.”
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| On being in school with her sister: | “I like being in the same class as my sister because she helps me out when I have trouble.”
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| On school subjects: | “I like Khmer best, because I can learn how to read and write well. Math is my least favorite because it is difficult to understand.”
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| On her free time: | “I stay at home to do chores and help my mother cook. My favorite thing to do in the village is to visit my uncle’s house, because I like to play with my cousins. My favorite game is hide and go seek.”
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| If I could go anywhere…: | “I would go to Angkor Wat again, because I love the views.” [Angkor Wat is walking distance from Kra Vanh village.]
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| On her future: | “I want to go to high school because I like school. My parents will allow me to go to school because they think it is important for me, so that I can get a good job. I want to run a shop in Siem Reap town when I grow up.” |
