Vanny Tol

Hello! My name is Vanny. I was born in 1996. I used to live with my grandparents from the time I was seven years old because my parents went to find jobs in Thailand. The first year that my parents left us, they never sent any money for food, clothes, and educationstudy. Two years later, they sent some money to my grandmother. I have one brother and two sisters. We studied in the same grade. My brother and sister are working in Thailand too. Now, I am no longer living with my grandma and aunt. I live with my mother-in-law now.  

I really wanted to study English but I couldn’t because I did not have the money to spend on school. Then, I started to study English when I was thirteen years old. I have a lot of experiences from my life. Sometimes, I hate my life because I never lived with my mom and dad, I really miss them, and I want to live with them.  They are still working in Thailand. I hope they will come to Cambodia soon. I graduated from university in 2020. Every problem I had didn’t make me give up, but it made me become a strong woman. I went to school with my friends by bicycle every day. I graduated from high school when I was 20 years old, and then I looked for jobs every day until I found one. I was a volunteer teacher in Battambang for around six months, and then I got a new job at a private school near my house. I had to save some money to pay for my university and spend on food and help my grandmother. I worked at the private school for two years and then I applied for a new job at TASSEL.

When I had a chance to join TASSEL, I was so excited because I knew and hoped that TASSEL was going to change me, improve me, and help me become a strong woman and a good teacher. Not only that, TASSEL is a good place for me where I can help poor people and poor children in Cambodia. I love teaching and I get a lot of experience from TASSEL (from allteachers in TASSEL and from the children) in TASSEL too. TASSEL is my workplace and my school because it always teaches me to know about life. I love TASSEL. TASSEL is my family and my teacher. I will continue to help TASSEL and share my knowledge with all the poor students in TASSEL for a long time. Moreover, TASSEL always cares about poor families andpoor students in Cambodia. One more thing, TASSEL never forgets to think about the teachers. We have a chance to go to study with the foreign teachers and other schools too. I promise myself that I will work hard and improve myself and my knowledge to get better. Finally, I want to say that TASSEL really changed me from a simple person to become a special person for our poor people and poor students. TASSEL always gives me and the other teachers everything. That’s why I love TASSEL.