I gave up teaching because I despised grading, calling parents and harassing kids for homework that was six weeks overdue. Yet, here I was, back in a classroom. Only this time in Cambodia. Somehow, throughout my nascent journalism career, I have wound-up back in schools. First, I covered Chicago Public Schools and now this. My first assignment for work brought me to Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh. Basically, in Cambodia the collegiate population has risen 250 percent since 2001. The economy here is starting to grow but well-paying jobs are still extremely scarce. With the job market being so narrow many students, and their families, are taking the gamble of paying a good amount of money to send their kids to university with the hopes they will land a good job. The
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