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| Ponloeu Le questions a man taken into custody. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post) |
The Seat Pleasant 59: Ponloeu Le
Ponloeu Le, whose family was from Cambodia, wanted to be a lawyer when he was a fifth-grader.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
By Paul Schwartzman
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Again and again, Ponloeu Le’s father reminded him that he would amount to nothing without an education. His father had been a teacher and a journalist in Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge pushed him and his family into a refugee camp. Now, just by being a fifth-grader at Seat Pleasant Elementary, Ponloeu had been given the opportunity to make something of himself in America.
But Ponloeu had difficulty keeping up with his classes because he spent so much time caring for his six younger brothers and sisters. His mother worked full time as a cashier at a convenience store. His father weighed 85 pounds and was constantly sick, leaving Ponloeu to cook, clean and do the laundry. How was he supposed to do his homework?
1 comment:
Thank God, for all that he has done for his family, and I am grateful that he is a police officer, He is a giving person, and now he is giving back to the community. God bless him and his family.
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