Katie - my new & short term roomie, is teaching english five evenings a week. She is trying to develop her classes critical thinking skills - how they argue & form written opinion. She asked three key questions that she hoped would give some insight into Cambodian culture. The questions are also questions I have been asking myself recently - generally, personally, flippantly & sometimes simultaneously.
Below are three of the best examples transcribed faithfully without Katie's corrections. There is a lot of interesting use of english but between I think you'll find there is the wisdom of teenagers - some real gems.
Should both men & women remain faithful in a relationship? (written by 16 year old khmer girl from Katie's english class)
It is depend on the time, and the people. For example, a men and a women love each other but they are not husband, or wife that means they can not respond it. On the other they are married and made the family. Of course, they really remain faithful. For the men, I don't believe they have faithful. But there is some men have because he had a good family. In my opinion, I think both men and woman should remain faithful because it still have in our traditional long time. When both of them don't trust each other it means the reasons maybe they have another person between them. It always happen in our society now. For the person come to another relationship is a bad person and jealous or revenge in their heart. I believe that if everybody dont have faithful in their heart, they can not find their own happiness in the whole life.
Is it OK, if a person chooses to commit suicide? (written by a 17 year old boy from same class)
If a person chooses to commit suicide it's really the bad idea. there are several ideas to tell that its a bad idea. First they think that they had a terrible life and they disappointed at themself. Sometimes, they want to kill themself. For example: In the real society, especially cambodian girls when she loves the boy that her parents disagree, she tries to kill herself by knife or takes a lot of bad medicines. Because, she dont think clearly so what happened after she died, how about her parents. Secondly, the person has trouble with morale because at their family never take care their children. In fact, I noticed that a lot of teenagers in some countries are disappointed at their parents. They want to be warm. That teenagers always change their behaviour from happy, honest to very bad, cruel and they can use some cocaines to kill themself. Thirdly, they think that they don't have a good life like everybody around they. You need to think each person always had problem that they face today, but they can solve it. and succeed it. So, you can do like that. At the end, I want them to try to grow up themself. don't disappointed about themself and try to think more. So.please do not kill yourself because it's really the bad idea.
Is killing always wrong? (written by a 16 year old girl from the same class again)
Yes, it is because a lot of people always make many mistake and the life of people are very important. they don't want die, they want right all time, but mistake always have all time. Examples one person have people to make angry, so she/he want to kill who make her/his. Sometime she/he have a lot of mistake in her/he life, so when she/he see people she/he wants kill. But sometime killing are right because some people always stil money another people, so the people's money catch the robber and killing the robber out. Sometime some people have very very mistake, so the police kill them.
Below are three of the best examples transcribed faithfully without Katie's corrections. There is a lot of interesting use of english but between I think you'll find there is the wisdom of teenagers - some real gems.
Should both men & women remain faithful in a relationship? (written by 16 year old khmer girl from Katie's english class)
It is depend on the time, and the people. For example, a men and a women love each other but they are not husband, or wife that means they can not respond it. On the other they are married and made the family. Of course, they really remain faithful. For the men, I don't believe they have faithful. But there is some men have because he had a good family. In my opinion, I think both men and woman should remain faithful because it still have in our traditional long time. When both of them don't trust each other it means the reasons maybe they have another person between them. It always happen in our society now. For the person come to another relationship is a bad person and jealous or revenge in their heart. I believe that if everybody dont have faithful in their heart, they can not find their own happiness in the whole life.
Is it OK, if a person chooses to commit suicide? (written by a 17 year old boy from same class)
If a person chooses to commit suicide it's really the bad idea. there are several ideas to tell that its a bad idea. First they think that they had a terrible life and they disappointed at themself. Sometimes, they want to kill themself. For example: In the real society, especially cambodian girls when she loves the boy that her parents disagree, she tries to kill herself by knife or takes a lot of bad medicines. Because, she dont think clearly so what happened after she died, how about her parents. Secondly, the person has trouble with morale because at their family never take care their children. In fact, I noticed that a lot of teenagers in some countries are disappointed at their parents. They want to be warm. That teenagers always change their behaviour from happy, honest to very bad, cruel and they can use some cocaines to kill themself. Thirdly, they think that they don't have a good life like everybody around they. You need to think each person always had problem that they face today, but they can solve it. and succeed it. So, you can do like that. At the end, I want them to try to grow up themself. don't disappointed about themself and try to think more. So.please do not kill yourself because it's really the bad idea.
Is killing always wrong? (written by a 16 year old girl from the same class again)
Yes, it is because a lot of people always make many mistake and the life of people are very important. they don't want die, they want right all time, but mistake always have all time. Examples one person have people to make angry, so she/he want to kill who make her/his. Sometime she/he have a lot of mistake in her/he life, so when she/he see people she/he wants kill. But sometime killing are right because some people always stil money another people, so the people's money catch the robber and killing the robber out. Sometime some people have very very mistake, so the police kill them.
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