The headteacher of our parish primary school recently attended a conference at which most other headteachers came from secular schools. At one point they broke into groups. Everyone had to come up with a word which summarised what their school was all about. Others chose “respect”, “tolerance” and “diversity” – all very well, of course, when properly understood with a proper basis.
Our headteacher, however, offered the word “love”. The next task was to select from all the words put forward those which the group as a whole agreed with. Our headteacher was surprised and perplexed that “love” didn’t feature on anyone else’s list. She asked why. The answers she received are indicative of where our society is today.
