‘Farfetched dream,’ Cambodia to Harvard, comes true

Lowell, Massachusetts – The teacher asks then-9-year-old Pechthida Kim, “What’s 4 times 3?”

The Greenhalge Elementary School student, hearing the word “times,” looks up at the clock.

Arriving from Cambodia months earlier, the elementary school student answers with the time of day.

Read the full story: http://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_32096144/farfetched-dream-cambodia-harvard-comes-true#ixzz5PKRwhQo1

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