Kong Sreymarch is 17 years old and studies in Grade 6 at Koh Dambong primary school in Kratie Province. She is the fourth child in a family of 7 children. Sreymarch is very happy that she has an opportunity to go to school. Two of her older siblings never went to school because for a long time there was no school in their community. Sreymarch likes to study and always does her homework. Recently her teacher introduced a new activity dealing with life skills. For this activity, which is taught on Thursday, the students do research and select skills that they want to learn. Sreymarch is very excited about this activity because it is the first time that she has been allowed to choose what she would like to study. She wanted to participate in the activity so she discussed it with her parents. At first, they seemed to hesitate because they needed their daughter to help at home, but when they realized how enthusiastic she was, they agreed to let her participate. Sreymarch is one of the 20 students in this school that chose sewing as a life skills topic. She explained why she chose this class: "I like to learn sewing because I can use this skill immediately. I learn how to make new clothes and also how to repair clothes, which helps my family a lot. My parents are very proud to see that I can make and repair clothes by myself and for the family".