Category Archives: liberal education works

Inagua Sharpie Finished!

Posted on June 25, 2014 by marklangley

Imagine my pleasure to be featured on Jeff Spira’s blog! Thanks Jeff for all your help. Thanks for the design and the continual support you gave answering dozens of questions along the way. All this for about 75 bucks! I … Continue reading →

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Want a Job at Google? Get a Liberal Education!

Posted on April 26, 2014 by marklangley

All of us over here at Lion & Ox just love liberal education. We think that liberal education is for everybody. everybody We think that the object of every primary and secondary school and college should be to offer a … Continue reading →

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“Liberal Arts Is Best Preparation for Business Careers…”

Posted on April 8, 2014 by marklangley

Speaking of secondary reasons to pursue a liberal education, did I mention that pursuing the liberal arts is the best preparation for a successful career? For those of you who are still wavering on this point, don’t take my word for … Continue reading →

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Liberal Artists Make More Money

Posted on April 1, 2014 by marklangley

What is the first piece of advice that billionaire Harry Stine gives to aspiring entrepreneurs? Get a liberal arts degree of course! You can read it for yourself at Forbes. Stine graduated from McPherson College — a small liberal arts … Continue reading →

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Socrates And Making Money

Posted on March 29, 2014 by marklangley

Scott Samuelson wrote a very good piece in the Opinion pages of the WSJ making two excellent points. Liberally educated people do in fact make more money on average than non liberally educated people. Liberal education is not about making money! … Continue reading →

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Liberal Education Works

Posted on June 30, 2013 by marklangley

As a teacher at a prestigious Catholic classical high school,  I have been thinking a great deal about floor joists, plywood widths, cast iron pipe and tile.  Why? Well…it’s summer, and this is just what classical teachers do in the … Continue reading →

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Inagua Sharpie Update…Liberal Education Works?

Posted on June 16, 2013 by marklangley

Well, the Inagua is coming along slowly. We (i.e. my son and I) were hoping to have it done already but that just goes to show how little we (well I should say “I”) know about all those little details that … Continue reading →

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What Would Socrates Do?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by marklangley

Well, someone at the Wall Street Journal is a reader of this blog. An excellent friend who is kind enough to share his subscription to the WSJ – even if slightly wrinkled, brought my attention to this. Having read this … Continue reading →

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Anaxagoras on Liberal Education

Posted on March 10, 2013 by marklangley

“Other things have a part of everything, but mind is unlimited and self-ruling and is mixed with nothing, but is itself alone by itself….” Anaxagoras, the great pre-Socratic philosopher who, Aristotle says, was like a sober man among drunkards was the … Continue reading →

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Liberal Education Works

Posted on December 24, 2012 by marklangley

The late philosopher Marcus Berquist once made a remark about how working with ones hands has a significant value for the one pursuing philosophy. I wish I could remember his words exactly- but the point was that hard work never … Continue reading →

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