From Refugee to Teacher: A High School Story

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From Refugee to Teacher

A High School Story

Sophal Ear, PhD

Assistant Professor

US Naval Postgraduate School

27 September 2012

The views expressed do not reflect the views of the Department of Navy or the Depa


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But I could never have imagined

back in the early 1990s


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I was just like you, a high scho

student, dreaming of a diplom


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Rewind to two weeks ago


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I wrote a random e-mail to thgeneral inbox of the Carmel Aut

& Ideas Festival.


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The Founder,

Jim McGillen

answered.


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Needless to say

things happen wyou know CynthJim McGillen

Lesson #1: Get tknow Cynthia a


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So how did I get to where I a


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From Refugee to Teacher in Five

1. Cambodia

2. Vietnam

3. France

4. America5. Returning to

Cambodia


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I had six minutes to tell my st

Today, I have nine more minutes toreflect on my familys and my own

journey, with you.


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MY WIFE, 8 MONTHS PREGNANT

MOM


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Th A i b t


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There are no American combat

troops in Cambodia. There are no

American combat advisers in

Cambodia. There will be noAmerican combat troops or

advisers in Cambodia. We will aid

Cambodia. Cambodia is the Nixon

doctrine in its purest form.

President Richard Nixon,

November 1971


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April 17th, 1975

Phnom Penh, Cambodia


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Evacuation of 2 million people fPhnom Penh in three days


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Once upon a time ... there was a regime so evil that it cr

antisocietywhere torturewas currency and music, book

were abolished. This regime ruled for four years and mu

nearly 2 million of its citizens, a quarter of the populatio

CAMBODIA

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One day in late-1975, close to su


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On the third day of our journtowards Vietnam


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1935-1975


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A VIETNAMESE CITIZEN,

A GOOD SAMARITAN


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MEMY UNCLE AND AUNT


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Act 3: France

A FRENCH CITIZEN,

A GOOD SAMARITAN


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Act 4: America


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A TUTOR AND

GOOD SAMARITAN


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A GRADUATE SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATOR

AND GOOD SAMARITAN


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Lesson #2: We can all be gooSamaritans to others.


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To those whom


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To those whom

much is given,much is

expected.

John F. Kennedy


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Act 5: Returning to Cambod


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and the Khmer Rouge Tribunal taking place there


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TUOL SLENGS DIRECTOR, DUCH, CONFESSED

AT KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL IN CAMBODIA, 2009.

VERDICT: GUILTY


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DEATHS: 12,273+

SENTENCE: 35 YEARS

(REDUCED TO 19 FOR

TIME ALREADY SERVED)

APPEALED. LOST.


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RELEASED DUE TO ALZHEIMERS.


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My mom, Cam Youk Lim

June 1936-October 2009


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A photomosaic ofmy mother, who had


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seven years of

formal schooling,

spoke five

languages, andsaved lives.


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20 Lives Saved


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Steven Sophal Ear, born March 2009


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Steven at two years, seven months


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My third child, expected April 2013

Thank you


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