Madam,
I read Lauren Nicholson-Ward's column with great interest and feel she is absolutely right in her commitment and desire to deal with the 'off-piste' questions her students may present her with and deal with them in an effective and proactive manner.
A spontaneous way of responding to the complex world that young people find themselves in today is just as necessary as studying for those all too important exams, which may sometimes loom so large on a horizon that can be so tenuous and unknowable.
She shows that empathy and a willingness to abandon momentarily the somewhat rigid learning plan can reap untold benefits in the future.
"We cannot discuss that now" should never be the default setting of good teaching practice because although it may be an ingenious way to distract, it might also be a desirable searching for truth and reason which sadly is sometimes in short supply in our modern and frantic world.
An instinctive teacher such as herself will use that to good effect and make all the difference in the world to our questing young people who want and seek answers to the moral dilemmas facing themselves and society at large.
Sincerely,
Judith A. Daniels, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31
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