This is the story of the girl who used a radio to teach kids.

This is the story of the girl.

This is the story of the girl who used a radio to teach kids from the bush.

Adelaide Methi, written and read by me, 9 year old Aloha Boyd. Addie felt stuck like she'd been cut off from the rest of the world.

She wanted to feel the grass beneath her feet and the sunshine on her face. She wanted to be running around in wide open spaces with their brothers and sisters. Oh nine of them.

It's not fair, she sighed. I don't want to be cooped up indoors.

But sometimes Addy had to stay inside.

It was because she had asthma,

and when she ran around or breathed in pollen, it made it worse and she struggled to breathe.

Luckily she found a way to escape. Adelaide the Tishamiski became a bookworm. Adi figured out she could go on plenty of adventures wherever she liked, with a little help from her

imagination and stories.

Her dad was a school. from her

dad was a school headmaster and he loved books too.

I want to be like dad, I thought to herself.

I want to be a teacher.

As she got older, Adi watched her dad closely and asked him everything she could about how to follow in his footsteps. Adi, you should know that teachers, especially female ones, don't get paid very much at all, he said.

You have to make do with very little. It's not easy.

Addie wondered why people didn't realize how important teachers were.

Surely growing young minds is one of the most important jobs in the world, she thought.

But her dad's warning didn't stop her.

Eddie pursued her dreams.

She grew up and studied to become a teacher herself. Miss Measki, we'd like to offer you a job at Woodville High School.

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