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In article <DBptGF.G3r@ss3.magec.com> smosha@most.magec.com (Steve O'Shaughnessy) writes:

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>No offense intended toward teachers, but those that can, do.  
>Those that can't, teach. :) 

Hmm... What kinds of things do you say when you _intend_ offense?

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>Those that *do*, can.
>Those that don't do, teach what they can.

These two "old saws" have precisely the same truth value as the
following (which is almost as old the first one above).

Those who _can_, teach.
Those who can't, do something less important.



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