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Ford English Professor Betty Matthews spoke at the Journalism Club’s second installment of the Last Lecture Series Oct. 2. Her lecture focused on the importance of friendship and relationships.
“We are products of our relationships,” Matthews said. “We should be forming bonds with people we care about. If you don’t share your lives with other people and you don’t make friends, then what’s the point?” Matthews said she could not overestimate how wonderful her grandparents were to her. They raised her in a house “full of music, books and love.” When Matthews first started teaching English at Monticello High School, her grandmother told her she was teaching people, not English. Matthews grew up on a farm where most of her friends were black, and because of this, they could not attend the same school as her. She found this distressing and took matters into her own hands. “My mother marched for women’s rights in Washington, and I’ve marched for civil rights,” Matthews said. “I guess you could say we were both troublemakers of our time.” Matthews said she thinks it is wonderful when you can get along and bond with your children, and added that she was very good friends with her own.. Though she conceded that relatives could be aggravating, she said we were all flawed humans and we have to forgive and forget. One of Matthews’ most inspiring heroines is Mother Teresa. Matthews said she admired her because she devoted her to life to helping the less fortunate. Colt Roan, a political science major
from Crossett, said, "Matthews is the exclamation point of this campus.
Her lecture touched on the most important thing in life and that’s your
relationship with your fellow neighbor and God." Speech Professor Scott Kuttenkuler said Matthews’ message was a simple truth, but one people would spend a lifetime trying to master. Have a comment? Please e-mail us. ŠThe Voice 2007 Revised 09/17/2007 08:03:12 PM — http://www.uamont.edu/Organizations/TheVoice/5_5/lecture.htm |
