Two outstanding high-school graduates who don’t suffer from Ah Kwak and Kaat Knong Kaam syndrome
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Chhay Sopanhana was lucky to be born into a family that values learning, while Heng Kothai is a perfectionist. For both, hitting the books has paid off: they were the only students in Cambodia to receive perfect exam scores out of a field of 55,178 who passed their high school finals.
"I am interested in studying medicine because my father is a doctor and my older sister is also approaching this field," she said, adding that she thought her outstanding grades might owe something to the fact she was "lucky to be born in a family that is encouraging me to pursue higher education".
The Siem Reap native received an overall exam score of 100 percent, and said he got an A in five subjects: maths, philosophy, biology, physics and chemistry.
"I only got one C for English," he added ruefully.
"I must study hard to improve my English results," he said, adding that he admires Phnom Penh students' access to finances and education.
