{"id":51662,"date":"2013-11-26T00:07:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T14:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=51662"},"modified":"2020-12-11T10:32:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T00:32:41","slug":"mirandas-dreams-are-coming-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/11\/26\/mirandas-dreams-are-coming-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Miranda’s Dreams Are Coming True"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Miranda Fisher, centre, has been inspired to help other people by family members like her uncle Greg and nan Dorreen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 25, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marcus Priaulx<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miranda Fisher is glad her parents refused to buckle when she cried and begged for them to collect her from St Saviour’s College boarding school in Toowoomba.<\/p>\n

Miranda had been there a fortnight when a deep-seated homesickness set in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI missed being around my family; my brothers, my parents, everything; sitting around yarning, having a good time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But mum Rosetta and dad George told her to see out the term.<\/p>\n

When Miranda, then aged 13, returned to Cherbourg she realised the grass wasn\u2019t greener.<\/p>\n

She had dreams and ambitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realised it had become natural for me to go back to school,\u201d she said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had to be done to succeed and show all those other young, little kids they can be whatever they want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s what her Year 6 teacher Eric Law and his wife Shirley, at St Joseph\u2019s School in Murgon, had told her.<\/p>\n

The talks they gave students made Miranda realise she wanted a career that would have her help other people to have an easier life.<\/p>\n

She graduated on November 15 and is about to embark on a community services course in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

\u201cYouth justice is the way I want to go because of family and all these other young kids,\u201d Miranda said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to see there\u2019s a better future for them than doing nothing. It\u2019s not easy. They have to want it, too. You can\u2019t force them to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want it and I want them to have a better future, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Respected South Burnett educator Eric Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parents Deserve Praise<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nine students will share a special bond of achievement when they attend the Indigenous Secondary School Graduation Celebration in Murgon on Thursday, November 28.<\/p>\n

For it was in Year 6 at St Joseph\u2019s they approached their teacher Eric Law and asked if he could help them make something of their lives.<\/p>\n

Mr Law is now the Queensland Catholic Education Commission\u2019s Indigenous Committee Chairman and was only too happy to help.<\/p>\n

Last week he gave the students\u2019 parents praise for their full support in helping their children to graduate from St Saviour’s College in Toowoomba, Marist College Ashgrove, St Mary\u2019s Catholic College in Kingaroy and Murgon State High School.<\/p>\n

“At the time we had nine Indigenous students in my Year 6 class and they came to me to ask if I could help them achieve their goals,” Mr Law said.<\/p>\n

“We were getting our boys into Marist College and had thought about what we could do for our girls.<\/p>\n

“We contacted St Saviour’s in Toowoomba.<\/p>\n

“The history of these big schools is steeped in helping disadvantaged kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Marist College Ashgrove and St Saviour’s were getting back to their roots by helping us but the parents still had to contribute financially.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s a big commitment for them to do so but these parents have really supported their children.<\/p>\n

“They proved it can be done and we really have to take our hats off to these parents.<\/p>\n

“Without their support, their children couldn\u2019t have got the education they need to set them up for a great life.”<\/p>\n

Mr Law said the Aboriginal Indigenous Education Fund (AIEF) also supported the children with scholarships that bridged the gap between ABSTUDY, their parents\u2019 monetary input and the remaining school fees.<\/p>\n

“The parents still needed to make a contribution and their willingness do to so could be, in some instances, termed amazing,” Mr Law said.<\/p>\n

“These parents have put a real value on their children\u2019s education and their future.<\/p>\n

“Some of these children came from families that struggled financially but still paid to send them to St Joseph’s and then onto further private or boarding schools to ensure they got the best start in life that they could.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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