04/06/2012

Cambodia

How many faces can you see?

Astonishing how civilizations come and go. About 1000 years ago the area that encompassed Angkor Wat was a city of a million people while London had a population of 50,000. They were able to build these amazing structures and support their people with sophisticated agriculture and now they are back to ploughing the paddy fields with ploughs pulled by water buffalo and fighting poverty.

The teachers I met were incredibly enthusiastic and hungry for practical ideas. I was glad that I brought along lots of materials as they grabbed everything they could to take into their own classrooms.