Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agoAlways question those who are the "teachers"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1393arrow-down1177
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minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down13·2 months 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
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minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 months agoit can be used that way, yes. it doesn’t exclusively mean that.
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minus-squaremrgoosmoos@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·2 months agoself-deprecatingly
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minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months 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-up1arrow-down2·2 months 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
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nope
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
Thank you.