▁had ▁built ▁and ▁owned ▁a ▁brick ▁wind mill ▁used ▁to ▁gr ind ▁gra in . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁youth , ▁Green ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁fra il ▁constitution ▁and ▁a ▁dis like ▁for ▁doing ▁work ▁in ▁his ▁father ' s ▁b ak ery . ▁He ▁had ▁no ▁choice ▁in ▁the ▁matter , ▁however , ▁and ▁as ▁was ▁common ▁for ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁likely ▁began ▁working ▁daily ▁to ▁ear n ▁his ▁living ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁five . ▁ ▁Robert ▁Good acre ' s ▁Academy ▁ ▁During ▁this ▁era ▁it ▁was ▁common ▁for ▁only ▁ 2 5 – 5 0 % ▁of ▁children ▁in ▁Not ting ham ▁to ▁receive ▁any ▁school ing . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁schools ▁were ▁Sunday ▁schools , ▁run ▁by ▁the ▁Church , ▁and ▁children ▁would ▁typically ▁attend ▁for ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁years ▁only . ▁Rec ogn izing ▁the ▁young ▁Green ' s ▁above ▁average ▁intellect , ▁and ▁being ▁in ▁a ▁strong ▁financial ▁situation ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁successful ▁b ak ery , ▁his ▁father ▁en rolled ▁him ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 8 0 1 ▁at ▁Robert ▁Good acre ' s ▁Academy ▁in ▁Upper ▁Parliament ▁Street . ▁Robert ▁Good acre ▁was ▁a ▁well - known ▁science ▁popular iser ▁and ▁educ ator ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁He ▁published ▁Ess ay ▁on ▁the ▁Education ▁of ▁Youth , ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁" stud y ▁the ▁interest ▁of ▁the ▁boy ▁but ▁the ▁emb ry o ▁Man ". ▁To ▁a ▁non - special ist , ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁seemed ▁deeply ▁knowledge