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It's a play on "those who can, teach" which was a marketing campaign in the UK, which somewhat backfired within the UK and became the saying "Those who can, do.
by Closi 6y ago
It's a play on "those who can, teach" which was a marketing campaign in the UK, which somewhat backfired within the UK and became the saying "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach".
Clearly there are lots of people who genuinely choose to enter teaching, but in certain subjects, for some people, it is the de-facto profession if you cannot use your degree to do something else. See Avenue Q's "What can you do, with a BA in English?".
This is more about high school than university-level though.
[Note - I was mistaken - please see the clarification in post below!]
- chrisseaton 6y ago> It's a play on "those who can, teach" which was a marketing campaign in the UK, which somewhat backfired within the UK and became the saying "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach". Lol I think you’ve got that backwards! The marketing slogan was a play on the common criticism of teachers which is a quote of Shaw from around 1900.
- Closi 6y agoOops, I'm happy to be corrected - I'll go back into my hole...