• Supercritical@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

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

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

    • wintermutehal@lemmy.world
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      8 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.

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        8 months ago

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

        Maybe I shouldn’t teach anymore.

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        8 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@lemmy.world
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      8 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.