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Beseiged teacher

His two other colleagues left him in charge of 100+ kids in three or four separate classrooms while they went off to plant rice. Most Cambodian teachers do not have a large enough salary to support their families and are forced to supplement their earnings by farming/planting rice. In this school, each student gives a small amount of riel (Cambodian money) to the teacher so that he/she is able to keep on to teach.

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Uploaded on February 15, 2006