• Supercritical
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    2210 months ago

    Those who can, do. Those who can’t, teach.

    A phrase that would bounce around when I was in grad school.

    • @wintermutehal
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      4810 months ago

      I find this phrase rather demeaning. I am a damn good Instructional Designer, but I would eventually like to teach this to others.

      • @MrClayman
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        510 months ago

        I also find it demeaning. I can do so much, but I CHOOSE to teach.

        Maybe I shouldn’t teach anymore.

      • @TexasDrunk
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        510 months ago

        As someone who fakes their way through life and can’t teach, it’s also demeaning to me. I don’t know what I’m doing, can’t really do it, and certainly shouldn’t be teaching anyone else.

      • @John_McMurray
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        110 months ago

        So do it till you calm down later in life, and then teach younger people

    • @[email protected]
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      3410 months ago

      The saying sucks because it implies that they tried doing something in the private field and failed into teaching. Most teachers went directly into teaching, so they succeeded.

    • @NOT_RICK
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      2110 months ago

      It’s a dumb saying. Teaching is harder than many jobs

        • @NOT_RICK
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          410 months ago

          You could say that about many jobs, especially ones that don’t offer competitive wages. I have had quite a few different jobs and there are always people that have no business holding the role they do.

    • @stoly
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      1510 months ago

      Usually said by angry types who never did either one.

    • @John_McMurray
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      810 months ago

      Yeah that’s so out of context that it speaks to the intelligence of students repeating it. It came from the old trades and people retiring into teaching after they literally couldn’t do it anymore, not that they weren’t once capable. Very similar to the “Bad apples” quote.