'Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.' 'This quote is from George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman. Whether intended as a harmless jab or not, it’s still just plain untrue.
Teachers are not simply passionate specialists in one or two chosen fields. Their list of base skills includes many other studies and passions. They require knowledge in educational psychology, interpersonal communications, and classroom management. Often they need emergency response training, depending on where they may work. They know budgeting, technology implementation, pedagogical theory, and the list goes on. This education continues throughout their entire career. They take recertification training, skill upgrades, and continuing professional development courses.
The quote was, of course, meant as an insult. Poor George must have been quite deluded about the skills teachers have - and he quite clearly hasn't met the teachers from Peregian Springs!
Amongst us we have
- multi linguists who have had careers in other places
- performers, singers and musicians who for the joy of it sing, play and act their hearts out on weekends
- carpenters
- tech specialists who can make their way around the back door of a laptop or desktop
- creative types who can turn a bit of other people's rubbish into something useful
- historians
- environmental activists
- wildlife carers
- amazing gardeners able to coax fruit and vegetables out of nothing
- literacy specialists with qualifications in librarianship
- staff with high level medical and first aid response knowledge
- sports people who have achieved very highly in their fields (and still are)
- life savers
- robotics experts
- drone pilots
- mechanics
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