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\"Barambah<\/a>
Murgon State High principal Greg Smith with MSHS students Errol Simpson, Brittany Holding, Mikira Fisher and Barwoo Fisher with Qld Catholic Education Indigenous Education chairman Eric Law<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 1, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marcus Priaulx<\/strong>
\nBarambah PaCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For more than 200 years, Aboriginal failure has been pushed down Australian throats to the point where some people think it\u2019s “culture”.<\/p>\n

Now education leaders are asking for family support to help children succeed and turn this perception around.<\/p>\n

In particular, Cherbourg families are being asked to believe in their children so they can succeed, too.<\/p>\n

Murgon State High School said last week it’s prepared to take even greater steps to ensure its Indigenous students can follow their dreams and find the work they love.<\/p>\n

And Cherbourg-raised, life-long teacher and achiever Eric Law has urged children not to fear failure as they chase their goals.<\/p>\n

“We need community change to ensure our children get ahead,” the now Queensland Catholic Education Indigenous Education chairman said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We need our children to understand that if they have a go at something and fail, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that as long as they learn from it.<\/p>\n

“Everybody that\u2019s had success has failed at something, most likely numerous times.<\/p>\n

“I’d put myself in that category. But we need our children to have courage to go out into the world and do something.<\/p>\n

“They’ll then be able to better support their families.<\/p>\n

“We need to get our kids going to uni, right through to the end of it, getting good jobs and making something of themselves.”<\/p>\n

Murgon State High School principal, Greg Smith, said his staff will go to great lengths to make this happen, and called for more community and family support.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The number of Indigenous South Burnett Year 12 graduates doubled last year to 34 – with 10 coming from Murgon State High School – and more than 20 went on to university, further training, trade apprenticeships and jobs within months of leaving.<\/p>\n

Mr Smith said Murgon State High School would now follow up with its graduates who were yet to be learning or earning, to help them to do so.<\/p>\n

The school is also putting students into work-based trainee and apprenticeship jobs.<\/p>\n

“It’s good for the future, especially when our Indigenous students are employed locally,” Mr Smith said.<\/p>\n

“It’s leading by example … they end up being role models.”<\/p>\n

Mr Smith then called for his students\u2019 families and friends to support the effort.<\/p>\n

“The greatest encouragement a parent can give their children is to get them to school every day, ready to learn, whether their child wants to be here or not,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s showing you believe in your children\u2019s future – and they need that support to succeed.”<\/p>\n

[Photos: Marcus Priaulx]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Barambah<\/a>
Former Cherbourg mayor, adviser to government ministers and life-long teacher Eric Law and Murgon State High School principal Greg Smith want families and friends to support and encourage their children to succeed and find their dream career<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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