The Cambodia Rural School Project
The Sozaburo and Yasuko
Inoue School
Pi Thida is 14 years old. She was ranked fourth of the 40 students in her
third grade class at the Sozaburo and Yasuko Inoue School. (August, 2001)
Pi Thida is 14 years old. She is studying in the third grade of this school and was ranked fourth among her 40 classmates at the end of the last school year. Her parents are farmers and own 2 hectares of rice fields. Besides farming, they also support themselves by fishing. She has two sisters and six brothers. She is the seventh child in her family. She lives in the same village as the Sozaburo and Yasuko Inoue School and her house is 1.5 km away from the school. She rides a bicycle to school.
In Their Own Words
| On the new building: | On the new building: “I am happy with the new school because it is near to my house. It does not waste time. Before, I had to go to Khloy Primary School, about 4 km away, and it took me 45 minutes to ride there on my bike. Now it only takes me 15 minutes to get to school.”
|
| On school subjects: | On school subjects: “For me, Khmer language is easy to study. It is my strongest subject and my favorite class. I hate applied sciences because it is difficult to study.”
|
| On her future: | On her future: “When I grow up I want to be a tailor. I think that tailors can earn more money compared to other occupations.”
|
| On leaving the village: | On leaving the village: “I have been to Phnom Penh and the provincial capital, Kompong Cham city, several times. I haven’t visited anywhere else. If I was able to go abroad, I would go to Great Britain. On television, I saw that that country was very beautiful.”
|
| Message for Donor: | Message for Donor: “I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Inoue for building a school for me and for all of my friends in the village.” |
