I always cringe when I hear someone say that famous Wise Guy Quote…
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach"
I got to wondering how in the heck did such nonsense get started? So I looked it up & found the quote came from...
George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman. Written in 1903.
The subtitle for this play is, "A Comedy and a Philosophy". I hope the quote that has me pecking out this posting is more of Mr. Shaw's Comedy than his Philosophy.
I also hope the ole boy is turning over in his grave as he looks up & sees the foolishness to which he gave license.
Those who quote him think they are being cute but they are really being ignorant.
I have stumbled across a replacement Teaching Quote...
Historian Henry Brooke Adams: “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
I like this one a lot better.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
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Lagniappe: George Bernard Shaw telegrammed Winston Churchill just prior to the opening of his play Major Barbara in 1905...
3 comments:
Thanks, Fella, I will go with the second quote on teachers and Winston's response to Shaw.
Excellent, fella............... thanks!
All the teachers you know are holding their glasses high . . . "Hear! Hear!"
(Churchill was certainly quick on the uptake.)
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