Recent Report Card
Aom just completed 8th grade and we couldn’t be happier with his efforts. He earned a 3.27 overall GPA and got 6 A’s! He excelled in English, Math, Art, Sports, and Health. He is another star at Warm Heart. He was on the team with Nuey Sutinan and Gai for first place in the science competition and has learned to play the guitar this year.
Age: 14
Grade: 9
Aom is thirteen going on thirty. He’s big, bookish and bespectacled.
Somehow, he has avoided strenuous labor his whole life only to come to Warm Heart where his desire is to be helpful has led him into Dr. Shafer’s grasp.
Every Saturday and Sunday, poor Aom is out in the sun with Shafer digging, setting stones or helping with some other arduous task. It’s a learning experience.
In fact, almost everything at Warm Heart is a learning experience for Aom.
He is Lanna Thai, just one of three among the Akha Karen, Lahu and Lisu hill tribe kids.
Here he has gone suddenly from a village with no school to school at school and school at home!
We are not worried about Aom. This young man is destined for great things – and a nicer kid can’t be found.
20 Questions
Just for fun we asked our kids some questions. Below are Aom’s answers to some of the questions.
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Be a good person
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why?
To make the world full of good people
What are the best five things about you?
Helpful, optimistic
What is the funniest thing you have ever seen?
Comic books
If you had three wishes, what would they be?
I wish the world would be a happy place
Can you name one thing that scares you?
Selfish people
What do you do when you’re scared to make it less scary?
Be careful
What’s the nicest thing a friend has ever done?
They cheered me up
Who are your three best role models?
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Buddha, parents
What’s the first thing you can remember?
Things my parents taught me
If you could be anyone in the world for a day, who would it be and why?
Kruip, my tutor, because he loves me
What’s the hardest thing about being a child?
You can’t go where you want to go
If you could go back in time, where would you go?
To be with my family
Art Contest
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