Principal Peter’s Reflections

Good morning, everyone. Today I want to talk about something simple but powerful: etiquette. Some people think etiquette is just rules — how to stand, how to bow, how to speak. But actually, good manners come from something much deeper: respect. Respect for your teachers, for your classmates, and for yourselves. From tomorrow, we are introducing a very small but very meaningful practice. When you see a teacher for the first time in the morning, give a polite bow — just a gent

Ju st to clarify, these so-called "Buddha shrines" in Cambodian households and businesses are actually spirit houses, or  Pteah Preah Phumi, which are built for protective spirits and originated from Pre-Buddhist animist traditions. They are not meant for worship of the Buddha, but rather to provide a comfortable home for the local spirits who are believed to protect the property and bring good fortune to the inhabitants, provided they are shown proper respect. Offerings of f

Pictured on the right is a bronze statue of Jamaican businesswoman Mary Seacole located outside St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, right across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament. It was unveiled in 2016. It is the first major public statue in the UK dedicated to a Black woman. The statue is controversial because it stands at the hospital most associated with Florence Nightingale. Following Florence Nightingale’s achievements and life-saving innovations in the Crimea

Writer: Principal Peter Abram Principal Peter MISSION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CAMBODIA. Sunday November 16, 2025 For more than a thousand years, Western education and scholarship have played a central role in shaping modern global knowledge, economic development, and cultural advancement. From the establishment of the earliest universities in medieval Europe — such as Bologna, Oxford, and Paris — Western academia pioneered structured inquiry, peer review, and disciplines ranging

From the Bible to British Law By Principal Peter Abram, MISSION INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CAMBODIA. Sunday November 9, 2025 ‘Reparations for slavery’ ‘Collective guilt for your colonial past’ Throughout history, societies have wrestled with the question of whether children should suffer for the sins of their parents. The powerful idea that each person stands responsible before God for their own actions came first from the Bible and later shaped British law and moral thought. Bibli