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About marklangley

Most recently the founding Headmaster of Our Lady of Walsingham Academy in Colorado Springs (see www. OLWclassical.org), former headmaster and Academic Dean at The Lyceum (a school he founded in 2003, see theLyceum.org) Mark loves sacred music and Gregorian Chant and singing with his lovely wife, Stephanie, and their children.

Lorenz on “truth for its own sake”

Posted on November 25, 2012 by marklangley

While his researches may have a significant human value, and although he is willing to discuss them in those terms, Lorenz strongly resents having to justify them. Like the true observer that he is, he does his watching, and reports … Continue reading →

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Konrad Lorenz and “The Language of Animals”

Posted on November 22, 2012 by marklangley

Konrad Lorenz’s King Solomon’s Ring is fantastic reading for students in seventh grade and above. Like Jean Henri Fabre, Lorenz is a disciple of nature and a son of Heraclitus when he says: “wisdom is to speak the truth and … Continue reading →

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Pindar on Custom, “King of All”

Posted on October 14, 2012 by marklangley

Shakespeare calls “custom” a tyrant in Othello, when Othello says: The tyrant custom, most grave senators, Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war My thrice-driven bed of down. Custom is a tyrant and we have discussed it at … Continue reading →

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Excellence in Catholic Identity!

Posted on October 7, 2012 by marklangley

The Cardinal Newman Society once again recognized The Lyceum in its biannual High School honor role.  See their recently published list “Nation’s Top 50 Catholic High Schools Announced” I am especially pleased because with a classy name like “The Lyceum,” … Continue reading →

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A Case for Classical Education

Posted on September 8, 2012 by marklangley

Here is a great little article in First Things about the plight of Catholic diocesan schools in America, and how independent Catholic schools which focus on providing a classical Catholic education are providing the viable path for Catholic education. The … Continue reading →

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The Curse of Liberal Education… Continued

Posted on August 18, 2012 by marklangley

As much as I have always loved liberal education, even I will admit that it does have a fairly obvious downside. I call this downside “the curse of liberal education.” What is this curse? Quite simply, liberal education arouses the … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Virtues

Posted on August 3, 2012 by marklangley

  It is in knowledge as it is in swimming, – he who ostentatiously sports and flounders on the surface makes more noise and splashing, and attracts more attention than the industrious pearl diver, who plunges in search of treasures … Continue reading →

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Nouns and verbs…. what’s the difference?

Posted on August 2, 2012 by marklangley

When we teach children throughout the world that a noun is a name that signifies a “person place or thing” and a verb is a word that signifies an “action or event or state of being,” do we think that … Continue reading →

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The phrase “Catholic Education” is a redundancy.

Posted on July 28, 2012 by marklangley

The cultivation of the intellect is a Catholic enterprise. All education, insofar as it is authentic education, is Catholic. And therefore, when we speak about the Catholic principles of education we are, in truth, speaking about nothing other than the … Continue reading →

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Liberal Education in Action

Posted on July 7, 2012 by marklangley

Here is a photo liberal education in action. As you  can see, this is a photo of my garage surrounded with very clever scaffolding and lots of old lumber. I am replacing the rotten fascia and parts of the roof … Continue reading →

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