July 5: Happiness is seeing our future in the classroom

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It’s no secret that my happiest days are those in the classroom working with young people and helping them delve into their creativity. Today was one of those days.

I spent the day with talented young Murri girls from Charters Towers, Mt Isa and Townsville who chose to spend some of their school holidays doing a creative writing workshop with me. We created characters and settings, brainstormed concepts of Indigenous Australia and they performed their own skits around the this year’s NAIDOC them #BecauseOfHerWeCan

Today I was filled with hope for their futures, and for mine, because these young people are smart, talented and hard working, and they will fill key roles in society one day. I am sure of it.