It's a new term and my young Cambodian students tell me what they want to do in the future. The boys and the girls have mostly the same aspirations; doctor, lawyer, businessman, businesswoman, pilot and architect are the most popular. Most of them- without prompting- tie their career choices back to helping their country and the poor.Compare that to the all-boys boarding school that I worked at in Thailand for two years. There, almost without exception they wanted to be either policemen or soldiers.
Sad that they think (but who can blame them) that the forces are where the power and the glory lies in Thailand.
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