~ ua li1y." 1101 iclcil in /\m c rirn. finds c ilizcns discussing qualil y family lime. quality lm rnburgers. even quci lit y cont ro l c-11 work . But wl1ci t ;:1bo ut eciucc1tio n? '(, Quailty of educa ti on can b e m easured in a vmi c ty o f w;:1ys . Som e scl10o ls fl 21unt tl1c p re-s tig io us ciegrees the ir facult y hold. Otl1e rs tabula1 e tl1e numbe r o f rcscmcl1 g rc-mt s in opcrc-1tion on cmnpus. Still othe rs ta ll y tl1c numbe r o f natio na lly recognized SOME clisciplinm y rn 1tl 10riti cs o n tlw p ay ro ll. f; But Harc1ing is diffe rent. Sure. it l1as professors witl1 THINGS d egrees from top -11o tc l1 schools , faculty wl10 conduc t rcscrn-cl1 in the ir disc iplines, ev en no ted C1 utl 1or itics. Tl1c differ nc in the qua lity or educa ti o n com es no t in tl1e le tt e rs a ft e r NEVER om"s nmn e. b ut in the a ttitude a tc c-1cllc r takes c:1bo ut his or her p ro fession. '(, I Iarding ·s CHANGE 1c;:1c lw rs clo f;:ir m o re than their contrcic ts require. Tltey op en tlt e ir lives to tlt e ir students b y te ;:1cl1ing Im m e Bible studies . counseling w ith s tudent s during o ffice ho urs, or playing a gam e ACADEMICS o f b;:1s ke tb;:11l in the Old Gyrn . Teac l1e rs befri end tl1e ir s tudents, and thi s is wl1ere the g rea tes t 1ec:1c l1ing is cio ne - throug h tl1e SJX'cic-11 b onding of m ern or anci s tudent. '(, As usua l . Harding had som e trrn 1s iti o 11 in t"cxulty this yea r. Progrmn s w e re expanded. faciliti es w ere- imp roved , and til e school yea r w 21s ciee111eci success ful. But these tl1ings dici 110 1comprise the treas ure wl1i c h I larding represented to so m any peopl e . 1 1;:11-clintfS s trc ng tl1 lciy in til e c llam c tc r o f its teachers and in tl1e ir commitment to educating witl1 tt1e ir l1ec:ut s 21s we ll ;: i s tl1c ir mincis. '(,Jimmy Broo ks / ) i l ' i S i II II I ' <I U <' 7 ; \ C <I <I<' 111 i C S
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