Name: English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (97) Give a Man a Fish and You Feed Him for a Day Teach ....
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 97. The proverb today is give a

man a fish and you feed him for a day.  Teach a man to fish and you feed him for

a lifetime. Yeah.  I always remember this one.  I like this one a lot. So let's look

at the note here. The proverb basically means that you should teach people to be

independent so they can take care of themselves rather than to do everything

for them and then create someone who is forever dependent on you. So basically,

yes. So if you teach them to fish. They then they know how to fish they could

fish themselves. They can get their own food. You have to give them a fish then

of course every day he's going to  be expecting another fish and another fish

and you're just creating a burden for yourself. So let's continue. Many people

have made quotes very similar to this proverb. So there may be some who claim

it was originally a biblical quote. There are some quotes from the Bible that are

similar.  I don't think they're really exact the way this is said. That's why

some people say that a Chinese proverb,  an Italian proverb,  and even an American

Indian proverb. So all of them have some proverbs it's very very similar to the

same idea. Okay.  Let's continue. No matter which one should be credited with the

origin the point is quite clear.  Basically and different versions have

been used throughout the Eastern and the Western world. So,  so this idea has been

out there for a long time and throughout a lot of history too. So it's not,  it's

not a new story. Okay. Let's continue.  Let's take a look at one example of the

way it might be used. Don't just allow your son to stay home and do nothing while

you constantly support him. Encourage him to learn a trade. Remember the old proverb,

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day teach a man to fish

and you feed him for a lifetime.  Yeah. Sometimes this proverb actually

reminds me a little bit of the difference between kind of like

socialism and capitalism. Socialism is like give a man a fish. So you just keep

giving him a fish and then you got to give me another fish and another fish

and after a while he just expects that you have to give him a fish and he'd

probably complain that you don't give him a fish.

Where if you teach him to fish,  that's what capitalism is supposed to do. It's

supposed to make people more ambitious and want to go out there and you know

create things on their own and do things on their own. So sometimes it reminds me

a little bit of that as well. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I hope it's clear. Thank