Pedagogically, the Bardasi rejected abstraction. A lesson was valid only if it could be tested on the road. Arithmetic was taught through loss and gain. Language through insult, negotiation, and apology. Ethics through exposure to consequence. A teacher might allow a student to misprice a good, offend a local official, or misjudge a rival merchant—so long as the error did not endanger the caravan as a whole. The resulting damage, whether economic or social, was never repaired on the student’s behalf. It was observed, recorded, and addressed later, often days after the event, when emotion had cooled and memory had sharpened.