Quote of the Day: Robert Half

[Inspiration Bot]

"When one teaches, two learn."

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[maddmaxx ★]

Founded a temp agency.

 

IBMB:  "Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." -Margaret Mead

[Ralphie ★]

I always wanted to call it Robert half and half. Would they call it that if it was him and a brother or sister or father and son?  Or a law firm?  Or a dairy?

[Longjohn ★]

He must have been a twin but nobody knows what happened to the other Half.

[Ralphie ★]

42 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

He must have been a twin but nobody knows what happened to the other Half.

Siamese twin maybe?

Oh wait, conjoined. 

[Razors Edge ★]

2 minutes ago, Philander Seabury said:

Siamese twin maybe?

Oh wait, conjoined. 

Conjoined Siamese twins?  Would that be triplets? Or FOUR Halfs? Math would take us back to the two, so maybe that makes some sense  IB really picks the winners!

[JerrySTL ★]

8 hours ago, Inspiration Bot said:

"When one teaches, two learn."

I found this very true when I started training aircraft mechanics. I learned a lot about the job when I had to do it exactly by the book. In fact I had to make around 200 changes to the Technical Orders where I found outright mistakes or better ways of doing things.

[Rattlecan ★]

7 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Founded a temp agency.

Yep. My wife was placed in a couple of temp jobs by that agency.

[Rattlecan ★]

8 hours ago, Inspiration Bot said:

"When one teaches, two learn."

Absolutely true. Having worked as a trainer, I found the best way to thoroughly learn a subject is to teach it. 

[Square Wheels]

On 12/3/2020 at 9:38 AM, Rattlecan said:

Absolutely true. Having worked as a trainer, I found the best way to thoroughly learn a subject is to teach it. 

See one, do one, teach one.  Brilliant.

[Longjohn ★]

The ones who can do, the ones who can’t teach.

[Ralphie ★]

51 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

The ones who can do, the ones who can’t teach.

roadsue is gonna kick your ass!

[Longjohn ★]

IIt’s from George Bernard Shaw’s Maxims for Revolutionists. The quote is “He who can does; he who cannot, teaches.” It is also a line in his play Man and Superman:

“Don’t listen to her Bob. Remember those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.”

It was a nice throwaway witticism that has become a way to denigrate teachers. GBS must have had lousy teachers. Too bad.

Really good teachers are rare: There are lots of people who know things, but who coudn’t teach it to others to save their life.

So my take on it is: 
Those who can, do. Many of these try to teach, and teach badly. Ever have a college professor who was brilliant in a subject but an absolute disaster as a teacher? I can remember dozens of such types. The ones who could actually teach? You could count them on one hand with a couple fingers left over - and I attended UT Austin, a pretty fair school. 
Those rare few who can do, and explain it to others, so they really get it in their bones, teach. And God bless them. 
Those who can't do, and can't explain, but who bumble around full of self importance, often become school administrators....or congresspersons, or senators. Or a very stable genius president!