Emma Bolitho

RE Teacher, The Roseland School, Cornwall<br><br>RE must be one of the hardest subjects to teach in the whole curriculum! How do you address the great issues of our secular society which has become increasingly apathetic towards spiritual matters?<br><br>RE though is a great challenge to these problems and seeks to provide knowledge, understanding and reflection of the issues concerning the increasingly multicultural society in which we live. It seeks answers - but doesn't always get them - to ultimate questions - where we come from; where are we going?<br><br>I feel privileged to be teaching RE. I enjoy it and as I have taught many subjects I can say that RE is the one subject that brings out spirituality and the ability to question ourselves. Teaching RE allows me to be creative and individual in my teaching style, and to be sensitive yet humorous in the same lesson.<br><br>RE allows my students to see how religions can eradicate prejudice and discrimination. I hope my pupils learn tolerance towards others and respect for their opinions.<br><br>One student told me that she wanted to become a lawyer and said that RE enabled her to perceive how other people view the world and how they back up their values with evidence. I'm learning all the time from my students!