What does those who can't do, teach mean?

those who can't do, teach

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.60 in modern English

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proverb

It is easier to get a job teaching how to do something than to get a job actually doing that thing.

Derogatory

"If those who can't do, teach — then what will those who can't teach, do?"
"Now, there is an unkind saying in education that “those who can, 'do'; those who can't 'do', teach; those who can't teach, teach others to teach; while those who can't teach others to teach become either education administrators or researchers”."
"They say, “Those who can't do, teach.” Don't you believe it. Those who teach show those who can't how to."

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