 Hi, my name is Charlie and I teach at the World Class School of Coen State High School in the beautiful Townsville region. I grew up in Tundam Sands, beautiful beach town just south of Lutston and my people, my tribe, is from the Nijantje tribe, which is in the Tablelands. It's my first year teaching. Ever since I was younger, I really wanted to be a HP teacher. My year 11 HP teacher actually really inspired me to become person I am today. Teaching is a little bit different to how I imagined it would be. I didn't think it could be as fun. The kids are great here and the experience is just phenomenal. Regular day, it's always different. I always come in, I say hello to the kids, they come to school, I make lessons engaging, I make them fun and interactive and I can always inspire them to become something that they really want to be or even something that they never thought they could be. I'm the teacher of the June Indigenous Studies curriculum at Coen Hype. Being an Indigenous teacher is really important to me. I'm able to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous education rates and of course being that teacher, I'm able to inspire the Indigenous kids within this school. The kids learn about their culture as well, which is really important for them. I can be myself and I can really have fun with the kids and make it enjoyable for them all the time. To sum up teaching in three words, I'd have to say that it's electrifying, challenging and of course rewarding. If you want to change lives, if you want to inspire people, if you want to make their learning fun and interactive and you just want to have an awesome life and be a teacher for sure. My name is Charlie and I'm a proud Indigenous teacher.