There's a saying to the effect that 'Those who can't do, teach.' Which honestly seems ridiculous. Maybe for craftsfolk with rigorous physical needs, but nowadays? Patently absurd.
That having been said, I can confirm that those who can't sleep, clean.
@theogrin@realn2s The thing is that doing and teaching are two separate and independent skills. You may not find them in the same person.
People do rather assume that when you get good at something you can ipso facto teach it. But even with training in how to teach, that doesn't mean you'll be able to do so effectively.
Likewise an effective teacher may not necessarily excel in the putting their knowledge into practice.
On rare occasions, you get someone who can do both do something well and teach it well. And then sadly they give hope to all the excellent doers who want to train successors but who end up being quite incapable of doing so!
@crone@theogrin
I agree. And there is also a difference between "doing" and "understanding".
I belive that "understanding" is a (non sufficient) prerequisite of good teaching.
And for a lot of tasks "understanding" requires a certain level of "doing" (or experience).
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