Meet Louisa

I was born in Brighton in 1970-something and currently teach RE in West Sussex.  I was raised a Catholic and later joined the Protestant Church, but now I do not follow any religion and remain agnostic about the existence of God.

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I went to Birmingham University to study theology from 1996-1999 and became an RE teacher upon graduation. Within my twenty-years' teaching experience I have taught philosophy, ethics, and religion in both state and private schools. 

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Teenagers are great thinkers and ask great questions, and have often had as much of a life-changing effect on me as much as I may have had on them - it was as a result of a challenge from a GCSE student that eventually led me to became a vegetarian. I consider it a great privilege to discuss some of the most important questions known to humankind with students of all ages.

 

I have been lucky enough to have traveled the world and have first-hand experience of the world's major religions, including not only Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, but I have also visited Zen Buddhism monasteries and the masjids of India. 

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The reality of modern teaching is that often an educator's time is spent in meetings, dealing with paperwork, reports and answering a never-ending stream of emails. This podcast gives me the opportunity to do what I love best; talk about real, modern issues with no assessments, no homework, and no marking!