Trang, ' Newcomer', a good student and a grateful girl, uses her free time to earn money to help her family. She dreams of becoming a doctor or nurse. Nong Mai Mai, or Miss Thanyarat, age 10, a Grade 4 student at Wat Trangkhum Phuttawat School, under the jurisdiction of Kantang Municipality, Kantang District, Trang Province, spends her free time after school and on holidays working to earn money, helping her father sell sugarcane juice and helping her mother sew. She also takes on general housework. Villagers admire Nong Mai Mai's gratitude. Kru Waen Dam or Mr. Chatree Boonmee, a famous former Thai language teacher for the visually impaired in the province and now the deputy director of Wat Trangkhum Phuttawat School, said that the new girl is a lovely and very smart girl. She once won a gold medal at the southern level in a Dharma sermon and speech competition. She is a very grateful girl who helps earn money to support her family because her family has debts from various necessities. The school gave her a scholarship and tried to help in every way they could. She said that when she grows up, she wants to be a doctor or a nurse so that she will have the knowledge to support her parents and take care of them when they are sick. The school would like to find a kind-hearted adult who has the financial means to help the new student with a scholarship to study science, mathematics and English for 500 baht per month during the period when the student is in grades 4-6. Then, the student will be able to take an entrance exam for a specialized school in science and mathematics, which will allow the student to study for free until he finishes grade 12 and has a very high chance of getting into medicine or nursing. Source: Thai News Agency