Bongva Magazine - Vol 6

biapi deuh ah ka chiah. Zeitintiah, zeitlukin ca kan thiam zongah, kan i zuamlo ahcun, teinak kan hmu kho lai lo. Tulio University sianginn na kainak kha zei sianginn dah a si? Zeidah na cawnmi a si? Atu hi Towson University (DC) ah a si i, honor in ka kai lio. Ka major cu Chemistry a si. Tulio na cawnmi hi nangmah tein na thimmi maw a si? Midang ruahnak pekmi in dah na thimmi a si? Ka ngakchiat lio tein science le math hi ka rak uar cemmi an si ruangah Chemistry major hi kai thimnak a si. Cun, high school ka kai lioah, Regional Math of Science and Math summer camp kha, kumkhat ah zarh- nga in kumthum ka rak kai. Cu lioah science experiments hi camp kan kai chung zarh-nga chung kan rak tuah. Kha thawng khan, Chem- istry lak ka duh ti kha kai fiang chinchin. University sianginn kainak kum khat ah zeizatdah a dih? Mah vialte phaisa hi zeitin- dah na khan khanwh ning a si? Sianginn tuition hi thonghra ($10,000.00) leng a dih. Cun sianginn a sawng (dorm) um- nak le rawlman ah thonghra ($10,000.00) leng a dih rih. Hi phaisa vialte hi, cozah baw- mhnak (Federal grant le State scholarships le, cun ka sianginn nih scholarships le grant a kan peknak thawngin ka khan khawhmi a si. Cun, tu kum in Resident Assistant ka ` uan ruangah, a sawng ka umnak le rawlman vialte zong alak in ka hmuh khawhnak hi a si. Hi RA rian ca ah siangngakchia 500 renglo nih kan rak phit. Cu chungah minung 100 an kan lak i, cu 100 chungah kei zong kai tel ve. Hi zong hi Pathian nih a ka bawmh caah a si. University in degree na ngah hnu ah zeirian- dah ` uan naa timh? Hmailei ah teh mah nak- sang deuhmi cawn naa tim ti maw? University in degree ka ngah hnu ah hin,

Kum 2005, keimah kum sarih ka si ah, US ka rak phan. US sianginn kai ka thawk ah khan, ka hrang ah a har bik cu, Mirang holh thiam lo a si. Mirang holh ka rak thia- mlo ruang ah, sianginn kai ka rak zenh ngai. US sianginn kai thawk ah a nuam bik ka timi cu, kanan (Math class) a rak si. Zeiruang tiah cun, kanan hi ka uar cemmi subject a si. US sianginn le Kawlram sianginn ca cawn- ning a dannak ? US sianginn le Kawlram sianginn ca cawning aa dannak hi cu US sianginn ahcun, memorization nakin application le critical thinking hi a biapi deuh in ka thei. Kawlram sianginn ka rak kai lio ahcun, memorization lawngte a rak si. Nain, US sianginn ahcun, thil a sining taktak khi theih a hau. Memori- zation lawng nih a ngah ti lo. Elementary in High School tiang na kainak ah na hmuhmi laksawng zeidah an si? Middle school ka rak kai lio ah hin, tan- gruk le tangsarih ah hmak “A” lawngte ka rak hmuh ruangah laksawng (certificate) ka rak hmuhmi an um len, Outstanding Achieve- ment Award, Academic Excellence Award hna ka rak hmuh. Bawipa thawngin a si. Cun Middle school ah President Award zong ka rak hmuh bal. Cun, High school kha honors in ka dih, ka hmuhmi laksawng cu hihi an si: AP Scholar, Academic Letter, Community Service Award. Mah vialte laksawng na ngahmi hi zeiruang ah dah na hmuh khawh? Hi vialte laksawng ka hmuh khawhmi cu, Bawipa dawtnak ruang ah a si ko. Zeicatiah cun, class hramthawk paoh ah Pathian sin ah fimnak le hngalhnak ka hal peng. Pathian lo- cun, hi vialte laksawng hi ka hmu kho lai lo ti hi kai fiang. Cathiammi sinak dingah thluak ` hat maw a biapi deuh ca zuam dah? Keimah ka ruahnak ahcun, ca zuam hi a

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