Michael Sa-Ngoun faced normal troubles as many American teenagers. Temptations were many. He skipped school sometime and hung out with friends some parents might see as the wrong crowd.
His parents were from Cambodia, so they tricked him on vacation and left him in a temple thousands of miles from his home. He was stuck there until he graduated a long-distance high school online which he did after a year or two.
When he returned he dropped any interest in further education and took a low-income job just to get days passing. While he adjusted to the life he had before his trip, the trip and all its torment with little food and poor clothing took his ambitions away from his so he no longer aid at being streetwise within his peer group.
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His parents were from Cambodia, so they tricked him on vacation and left him in a temple thousands of miles from his home. He was stuck there until he graduated a long-distance high school online which he did after a year or two.
When he returned he dropped any interest in further education and took a low-income job just to get days passing. While he adjusted to the life he had before his trip, the trip and all its torment with little food and poor clothing took his ambitions away from his so he no longer aid at being streetwise within his peer group.
Sources:
- Tukwila teen a monk no more (The Buddist Channel)
- The Krolong Temple and School (Fornits Wiki)