The never-ending quest to streamline and idealize our school’s curriculum continues to dominate my thoughts. Each time the curriculum is evaluated, the more convinced I am of its efficacy and the more certain I am that reform is required in how the curriculum is approached, not the curriculum itself. Teaching a subject that is based upon eastern philosophies to westerners is a challenge. Calm mindfulness tends to not even be an afterthought in a society where most are programmed to consume as much as they can as fast as they can. There will always be those who are more concerned with the rank than the skill the rank represents.
SRKF’s curriculum is a tool to help our students achieve an ideal. Effort is the key but effort does not guarantee skill. Only mindful application of effort toward a conscious ideal will generate results. The goal must always be to acquire the skill. Skill makes a rank irrelevant.
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” - Lau Tzu (604 - 531 BC)
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If it's not broken, don't fix it!
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