Senior Student Highlight: Taing Chinlong

Taing Chinlong (Academic Year of 2021-2022) – Motivation, Challenge, Stress
Favorite Quote: “The key to success is to focus on goals not obstacles.”

Chinglong, a senior at AUPPHS-FA, finds his STEAM class to be the most enjoyable because it allows him to express his creativity and improve his critical thinking skills. Furthermore, the class not only forces him to manage his time more judiciously, but also builds confidence by forcing him to face his reticence for public speaking.

In addition, Chinglong perceives the STEAM program essential for his future as an Architect who can contribute to the development of Cambodia. Chinglong believes that STEAM subjects are vital in preparing him for university, and ultimately his career.

Besides being a diligent student, Chinglong also puts his technical skills to good use by creating and maintaining a website that promotes his mother’s business. And, when he is not helping his family, he may be playing football as a member of a football team that represented Cambodia in an Asian football tournament held in Thailand or running marathons to help raise money for charitable organizations.

Chinglong is a talented and versatile young man whose advice for his contemporaries is: “Everything starts with a choice; Success or fail, it is you who decide. Thus, try hard; don’t give up and be willing to leave your comfort zone.”