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DR. LIZZY MATHEW

REFLECTIONS- WITH LOVE.. Lizzy Miss as a teacher and mentor:
“The dream begins most of the time with a teacher who She was a very passionate and extremely dedicated
believes in you, who tugs, pushes and leads you on to the teacher. Teaching was a part of her being. It was not
ST.TERESA’S COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), ERNAKULAM
next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick just a profession for her but her vocation. She imparted
called truth.” knowledge with passion and love. As her students fondly
Dan Rather recall, she was more of a mother and mentor than a
teacher. Like a mother she cared for the students and
I am here to reflect upon with respect, such an eminent gave them life lessons and timely corrections. She was a
teacher who has fruitfully accomplished her vocation as loving companion to her students with a compassionate
a teacher and mentor, who believed in her students, led and empathetic heart, but never compromised on quality,
them to greater heights and inspired them to take a noble ethics and values.
stand for truth. Lizzy Miss as a friend and colleague:
My heart fills with mixed feelings, as I pen down my Twenty eight years is an easy number to say but once
precious memories about our dynamic Principal and one pondered upon, it’s a lifetime that we spent together
of my most cherished friends- Dr. Lizzy Mathew. as family. The years we spent with Lizzy ma’am in the
Yes. I am indeed happy about the opportunity to reflect Department of Botany were the ones which we enjoyed
upon the qualities of a very sincere person but sad as well, to the fullest. Her jovial nature made the department a
since we bid her farewell. place of love and laughter. Our sessions during break time
As I trod down the memory lane, the versatile personality were so soulful and relaxing. Personally she was more of a
74 of Dr. Lizzy Mathew becomes vivid… sister, who stood with me through thick and thin.