How the old people taught us: Greg Simms

Uncle Greg Simms grew up on La Perouse Reserve in the 1950’s. Uncle Greg calls it his “university campus”, because the elders taught him values and how to live – “how to drift with the tide” and “how to be in deep water”. Now, as an elder himself, it is his job to teach about these things. He tells the story from when he was eight and had an encounter with a spirit man who, gently, helped teach him to consider others and not let his anger get the better of him.

Keywords: Identity; daily life; childhood; education; values; La Perouse

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