Gary North

Feb. 11, 2011

Dr. Art Robinson's children did 4 hours a day: 8 to noon.

The family ran a sheep farm. He ran (and runs) a research center in science. He publishes G. A. Henty's novels. He publishes the monthly newsletter, Access to Energy. They developed the K-12 Robinson Curriculum: $200, once, per family.

The kids had chores to do. They divided up the chores in terms of skills. He didn't assign them based on age.

One son has a degree in chemistry and is a veterinarian. He got through college mostly by examination. Another son has a Ph.D. in chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Cal Tech by age 22. As a side venture, he buys used church pipe organs (cheap) and re-builds them. Two daughters are majoring in nuclear engineering. You think they will get job offers?

They taught themselves these skills: math (through calculus), reading, writing, and basic science. No foreign languages. No social studies. No fluff.

Your child would do well to imitate them.

If you want the other courses, and you want them explicitly biblical, you will have to write them. They do not now exist.

All so-called Christian curriculum materials are compromised with humanism. This is why I am hoping to develop a joint curriculum. But it takes time. There are so few Christian scholars who go to the Bible to find out what it says about their fields. Those few who do this do not write high school materials.

If you cannot buy diamonds, buy zircons, cheap.

I think 6 hours a day is the most you should ask, and only in high school: 50 minutes per course.

In high school, see if a local businessman will take your child as a part-time worker. Apprenticeship is far better than high school fluff.