Issue 13
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TEACHER FEATURE<br />
CARMINA HARVEY<br />
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION<br />
My five years at Iona were well and<br />
truly life changing, I definitely would<br />
not be the person I am today, without<br />
the support of all the wonderful and<br />
inspiring teachers who taught me.<br />
One of the teachers who had a<br />
profoundly positive impact on me,<br />
was Mrs Harvey, my Years 11 and 12<br />
Religious Education teacher.<br />
She was a committed teacher who I<br />
found very engaging. She spoke about<br />
faith in a way that made it relevant in<br />
our everyday lives. She spoke of her<br />
own faith, which guided and shaped her<br />
life.<br />
As a role model and as an educator<br />
with a strong faith, she allowed us to<br />
discuss issues without judgement. I<br />
remember her saying something along<br />
the lines of, ‘this is what I believe and<br />
this is what I am going to teach you but<br />
you are welcome to share your opinion<br />
as long as you do it in a respectful<br />
manner’.<br />
I believe this class had a profound<br />
impact on my life, my values, my<br />
tolerance and my understanding of my<br />
Catholic faith tradition. Even today, I<br />
reflect on those classes and think that<br />
if more people lived their lives this way,<br />
the world would be a better place.<br />
Tessa Flugge<br />
Class of 2008<br />
esprit de corps • IONA PRESENTATION COLLEGE MAGAZINE • ISSUE 12 • AUTUMN 2016
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