Student Lives

Students write about their home life and gratitude for the center. 

My name is Yornjin. I’m 12. I live with my grandparents. My parents split up when I was one. My grandparents raised me. My father married to a woman and live with his new family. He rarely visits me. I don’t know where is my mother now. Thank you to the center to support me with the new clothes and books. I’ll study hard and be nice. 

My name is Talong I’m 12. I have four older brothers and three older sisters. My father is 80 years old. I asked my parents to pay for me for taking an English course, but they couldn’t afford. Thank you to my teacher to let me study English without charging and helping me with the books, pens, and a school bag.  

My name is Komin. I’m 12. My mother has killed herself in 2013 when I was one. My father married a woman and followed his new wife. My sister and I are living with my aunt’s family. I always want to go to school. I’m very happy to study English at Phakhoun Foreign Languages Training Center. Thank you for giving me the books, school bag and new clothes. 

My name is Chan. I’m 12 years old. My parents got divorced several years ago. They left me with my aunt. I help my aunt with the housework and look after her baby. I don’t have money to go to school.  The center gave me a chance to study English and supported me. I want to study more and more. 

My name Poeyah. I’m 17. I live in a village which is six kilometer away from the school. My mother died several years ago. I want to study the foreign languages. I feel lucky that my teacher offered me an English course and assist me some educational equipment.  We should have more centers and teachers like this. 

My name’s Thoukor. I’m 16 years old. I live with my parents in a small house. My village is five kilometers far away from the town. I help my parents at the weekend to grow corn. I sometime wanted to drop out school because my parents cannot buy me the school things. But the center offered me an English course and helped me some educational supplies. Thank you very much!  

My name is Boukeo. I’m 14. My parents are farmers. My family is poor. I always wanted to study foreign languages. I want to have a good job when I grow up. I’m grateful to the center and my teacher to help me. I’m taking my English course for free. My teacher helped me a lot.  

My name is Tokor. I’m 14. I live with my mother in a village. I walk four kilometers to school. I love going to school, but my family is poor. I am very happy that my teacher accepted me to study English at his center and gave me a student uniform and school bag. I’ll study harder. Thank you very much.

My name is Pakor. I’m 13. My family is poor, but I love my family very much. I want to speak English so that I may have a good job in the future. My father cannot pay for me to study, but the center let me have my English course without tuition fees and supported me. 

My name is Max. I’m 12. There are five people in my family. My father is a builder. My mother is unemployed. I want to make money when I am big. I want to study English, but my parents don’t have money. So, my mother asked my teacher and he let me have my English course at the center and gave me the books, pens, some clothes. Thank you to my teacher.