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I always cringe when I hear someone say this famous Wise Guy Quote.

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    I always cringe when I hear someone say this famous Wise Guy Quote...    
"Those who can, do; those who can't, teach."

    I got to wondering how in the heck such nonsense gets started. So I looked it up & found the quote came from...    
George Bernard Shaw's 1903 Play, Man and Superman.

    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 & see the foolishness he 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 quote about teaching...    
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

    Lagniappe: George Bernard Shaw sent a telegram to Winston Churchill just prior to the opening of his play Major Barbara in 1905...

    Shaw: Have reserved two tickets for opening night. Come and bring a friend, if you have one.

    Churchill: Impossible to make the first night. Will come to second night, if you have one.

    Read my blog Foolishness...Or Is It?

    Where Reality & Silly come together to make Funny.
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( January 15th, 2016 @ 8:56 am )
 
Thanks for this post Alex O. It took me a fairly long time to realize the impact of certain teachers on my life. I now have a daughter whose passion is working with special needs children.

My special quote:

Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives. Andy Rooney



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