Category Archives: summer vacation

Slow down, you move too fast!

Posted on July 3, 2019 by marklangley

The lazy hazy days of summer are here and I can’t think of more appropriate advice to give anyone than that which Friar Laurence gave to Romeo: ROMEO O, let us hence; I stand on sudden haste. FRIAR LAURENCE Wisely … Continue reading →

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What Teachers Do During the Summer: Liberal Education Works Vol. 19

Posted on August 4, 2018 by marklangley

Ahhhh Summer 2018! Another opportunity to manifest the diversity of powers that lie latent in the liberally educated soul. Another opportunity to demonstrate the dominance of the immaterial spirit over the merely material realm in which the liberally educated soul … Continue reading →

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What I Did on My Summer Vacation

Posted on August 30, 2016 by marklangley

I have often repeated the words of a wise teacher, who has now passed on from this dusty earth straight to heaven. (nonetheless I will still continue to send prayers up for his soul in grateful memory of the benefits … Continue reading →

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Summer Somnolence

Posted on July 28, 2016 by marklangley

My inner sense tells me that it might be a good time to start thinking again. You see, the end of July is precisely the heart of the season when the mind of the academic, the mind of a teacher, and the … Continue reading →

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The Close of Another Year: A Dialogue

Posted on June 16, 2016 by marklangley

Lion: You seem a little down lately, Ox. What’s the matter? Ox: Do I? I guess I am a little dispirited. I hope it’s not obvious to everyone. Lion: Well, you have been lying around in the grass for the last several days … Continue reading →

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