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minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoProbably better phrasing would be “Those who used to do, teach”. As in, teachers/coaches might be people who due to any number of circumstances can’t participate in doing the thing directly, but have experience in it.
minus-squareBad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThe saying itself is a pithy dig at teachers, it’s meant to demean their skill at what they’re teaching. It’s a witticism, not a measured statement of truth.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoDoesn’t mean we can’t make it into one
Probably better phrasing would be “Those who used to do, teach”. As in, teachers/coaches might be people who due to any number of circumstances can’t participate in doing the thing directly, but have experience in it.
The saying itself is a pithy dig at teachers, it’s meant to demean their skill at what they’re teaching.
It’s a witticism, not a measured statement of truth.
Doesn’t mean we can’t make it into one