jcie185

My name is Jess and I am a shopaholic

Posted by jcie185 | 16th November 2007

With two weeks left in the semester my time here is rapidly drawing to a close. Although I'm looking forward to leaving the routine and responsibilities of teaching behind, I'm really going to miss my students and the staff at CWF. They have all been so friendly, welcoming and have taught me a great deal about Cambodian culture and history. It's a very complicated society, hierachical with strict rules of politeness- saving face really matters (to the point that it's impolite for the school staff to call students who have not paid their fees and ask them for the money), deeply superstitious, hardworking but not on western time, and above all cheerfully resilient. The older generations are survivors of atrocitities beyond imagination, but the younger generation are not taught this history in schools as some Khmer rouge leaders are still in government. They hear the stories instead from their parents and grandparents. One in three Cambodians died under the Khmer Rouge Regime, so each fam

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