School Helmke library of the Indiana-Purdue university

The problem, for her, was mainly because she could not understand native tongue.

She was not the only one who faced such kind of problem but it was frustrating for her to catch up with her studies.

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Thae Thae recorded the lectures on tape and listened to them again at home.

Not very long afterwards, Thae Thae picked up the language and made a very quick progress in her studies.

She has got a scholarship since last year that covers two-third of her school fees.

Now a senior student, Thae Thae is standing tall and she can share her own experience to other would-be-international-students in her home country.

Listening to her story from Rangoon, and injecting questions about how she might be able to do the same, Wai Moet Moet is determined to follow the example of Thae Thae.