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About the Company and Our Mission
Our ultimate mission at Smarr Publishers is to please the Lord Jesus Christ in all that we do.
Upon Him is the foundation for our business, and we offer Him the glory for any success that we
have had so far.
Our mission is also driven by the conviction that education is not for the
training of workers to get jobs. We are past the Industrial Age when the conventional wisdom
was for students to study hard, go to college, and get a good job. Those days are gone. We are
now in the Information Age, and the rules have changed for everyone. We still believe students
should study, but their education should be radically different than that found in the common
schools in America. Our English courses strive to have students question the status quo and to
adopt the Bible as the sole, objective source for truth, whether that truth applies to liberty,
to economics, or to politics. Thus, our mission, by the grace of God, is to encourage as many
young people as possible to be leaders in their communities, individuals who are self-governed
socially, financially, and politically. Literature and rhetoric help students toward these
goals in that the former sparks the imagination and the latter hones the intellect. And
developing both the imagination and the intellect is the only route offered if self-sufficiency
is the goal.
If liberty is not the goal of students, then they are wasting their time with humane studies and
only need to train for a vocation in which they will serve their employers, the banks, and
the American state for the rest
of their lives. However, in the Information Age, it will be young persons
who have abundant imagination and a keen intellect that will prove to be a blessing to their
family, friends, and community.
On a less philosophical note, we desire students to delight in reading classical literature and
to write with passion and conviction. Through our courses your students will develop an
educated vocabulary, will learn to think clearly and logically, and will cover most of the
major works throughout the ages which mark the educated person.
Thank you for this opportunity to serve you. To the LORD be the glory.
The Editors
Robert W. Watson, B.A., M.Ed., J.D., Editor
While head of the English Department at a Christian school,
Bob developed an English curriculum that emphasized critical writing and studying classical
literature. Our English courses are essentually a refinement of those used in the
classroom. Bob received his B.A. and M.Ed. at Bob Jones University, Greenville SC and his J.D.
at the Walter
F. George School of Law, Mercer University, Macon GA. In addition to this, Bob studied at the University of Georgia as a graduate student studying philosophy. Bob has been an adjunct professor of
composition, literature, and philosophy at Middle Georgia College, Cochran, Georgia. As an author, Bob has written Critique
of Pure Education: A Philosophy for the Home Educator, A Research Project in
Ten Lessons, Moping Melancholy Mad: An Introduction to Poetry,
and The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Poetic Version. Recently, Bob has published his already popular course in philosophy called Ever Learning: The Fundamentals and History of Western Philosophy. Presently, Bob is also an instructor for Veritas Classical School in Macon and Warner Robins, Georgia, where he
teaches literature, composition, and Latin. Also at the present time, Bob is enrolled with Trinity Theological Seminary where he is pursuing an Ed.D. in Christian Theology.
Dori Anne Abbott, B.A., M.S., Associate Editor
Dori Anne received both of
her degrees from Bob Jones University, Greenville SC. Dori Anne has been a teacher of literature, an
elementary school principal, and a home educator. Previously, Dori Anne has worked in the Academic Resource Center at Southside Christian School,
Simpsonville SC, where she helped students with learning disabilities and was
the director of the early development center at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Virginia Beach,
Virginia. Currently Dori Anne teaches elementary students at Greenville Classical Academy in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
Dori Anne continues to write study guides, essays and poetry.
Abigail E. Schoolfield, B.A., Associate Editor
Abby received her degree in
history at Bob Jones University and has an affection for the classics, particularly works by
Shakespeare and Dickens. Since she is fond of history, Abby continues to study and research the histories and cultures of both the South and Great Britain. Abby has a background in drama and enjoys a good musical or play. Abby is a talented public speaker whose lectures on "The Character of the Southern Woman" and "The Life of Margaret Michell" are popular. Currently, Abby lives in Greenville, South Carolina, where she is pursuing a M.A. degree in English at Bob Jones University.
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