but do teens really know what it is? and much more, next on teen kids news. welcome to teen kids news. i m mwanzaa. and i m jessica. here is our top story for this week. the idea of losing almost a year of school because of an illness sounds awful, but felipe has the story of a girl who turned a bad situation into sml something wonderful. reporter: many of us spend our sick days home from school eating ice cream and watching television. but one student used her sick days off to do a whole lot more. rachel missed most of her junior here in high school. instead she spent it at home battling a severe stomach disorder. it was no fun. ulost touch with all of my friends. and they were busy with their junior year with their homework when i was in the hospital having tests done. reporter: one day reading a newspaper article she came across an article that caught her interest. he is discovered that many children in a rural part of cambodia never got a chance to go to
is? and much more, next on teen kids news. welcome to teen kids news. i m mwanzaa. and i m jessica. here is our top story for this week. the idea of losing almost a year of school because of an illness sounds awful, but felipe has the story of a girl who turned a bad situation into sml something wonderful. reporter: many of us spend our sick days home from school eating ice cream and watching television. but one student used her sick days off to do a whole lot more. rachel missed most of her junior here in high school. instead she spent it at home battling a severe stomach disorder. it was no fun. ulost touch with all of my friends. and they were busy with their junior year with their homework when i was in the hospital having tests done. reporter: one day reading a newspaper article she came across an article that caught her interest. he is discovered that many children in a rural part of cambodia never got a chance to go to school at all. not being able