Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAlways question those who are the "teachers"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1392
arrow-up1392imageAlways question those who are the "teachers"lemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agothe phrase doesn’t mean all teachers are incapable. it means that people who can’t do a thing have a tendency to teach it instead as a way to remain involved similar to a “not all x are y, but all y are x” situation
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoit can be used that way, yes. it doesn’t exclusively mean that.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoYou can only use it in a self-deprecating manner if you are yourself an educator, in which case, you’re still minimizing educators.
minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agonope, because there’s nothing wrong with tongue in cheek jokes about teaching something because you can no longer perform it at a high level
the phrase doesn’t mean all teachers are incapable. it means that people who can’t do a thing have a tendency to teach it instead as a way to remain involved
similar to a “not all x are y, but all y are x” situation
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it can be used that way, yes. it doesn’t exclusively mean that.
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self-deprecatingly
You can only use it in a self-deprecating manner if you are yourself an educator, in which case, you’re still minimizing educators.
nope, because there’s nothing wrong with tongue in cheek jokes about teaching something because you can no longer perform it at a high level
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nope
Thank you.