March 7, 2013
by Marcus Priaulx
Cherbourg mum Lucy Jerome drums the importance of education into her children because she knows it will give them a happier life in a technological age.
“The world’s changing rapidly,” she said. “You have to know how to use a computer these days.”
She’s sees a future full of texting, Twittering, emailing and Facebooking; when most people’s shopping will be done online and many of the jobs haven’t even been invented yet.
But Lucy, like many parents, has trouble helping her children with their homework.
Lucy is Cherbourg State School’s Parent of the Month for February.
She is looking to enrol into a Nurunderi TAFE course to improve her skills.
She ensures her children Myrtelle, 9, Jakira, 6, Isaac, 5 and Jonah, 4, are well rested before they get up, get dressed into their school uniform and are ready for the school bus with lunch in tow … every day, on time.
“What I’m really determined is for … all of my children to go on to Year 12,” she said.
“I’m determined for that to happen.
“I sit with them every day and tell them they need to go to school and listen. (I tell them) don’t be stubborn and backchat.
“They need to go through school and go on with their education because everything will be different when they’re older.
“I want them to have a great life.”
