Sabretooth Curriculum

“He knew how to do things his community needed to have done, and he had the energy and will to go ahead and do them. By virtue of these characteristics he was an educated man.”

New-Fist recognizes that progress is defined by our ability to improve on each generation’s performance, not to repeat it. Such thinking leads us to more secular notions of self-determination. While this creates practical doers, it does somewhat reduce the awe and appreciation students might have for those who have come before. A balance is therefore necessary between investing in the present, understanding the past, and preparing for the future.

He establishes an objective goal, to have children better prepared for the challenges of adulthood than the current elders were. He then created the three specific objectives to reach that goal, fish-grabbing, horse-clubbing, and tiger-scaring. These objectives proved worthy in that when they were met children were more likely to survive. Educational goals and curricular standards prove to be functional when we can prove their use in society. It is because our society constantly changes that curriculum must continually evolve to remain relevant. We should teach our children contemporary skills, and moreso teach them to realize that their skills must continually improve/change to meet the demands of the time.

At the same time we should always respect opinions of those who feel threatened by progress. This threat is actually concern for future generations that while technologically adept, may be lacking in the perspective or appreciation of how things came to be. The Y2K scare came about because computer codes had been written atop one another for 50 years . As we approached the year 2000, there were very few computer techs familiar with the initial code used as the foundation for future operations. There was a great degree of unraveling needed and suddenly old skills became relevant again.

We must be trained to use practical skills for our times, but maintain perspective as to why these skills are now relevant.