tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post7464803452619093402..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: The Chronicle: "An End to Foreign Languages, an End to the Liberal Arts"Mr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-89038030547351050252008-08-01T15:23:00.000-05:002008-08-01T15:23:00.000-05:00Thanks. I'm basically glad to see people starting ...Thanks. I'm basically glad to see people starting to talk about these issues, but really hope people turn to smart, realistic approaches to dealing with them. I have a lot of colleagues and friends in languages departments around the country and the current direction of most such departments is suicidal.Mr. Verbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-31053984617063802342008-08-01T14:58:00.000-05:002008-08-01T14:58:00.000-05:00Great post!Great post!Brainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405985978357872966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-1570806258083960802008-06-05T10:31:00.000-05:002008-06-05T10:31:00.000-05:00Any academic who doesn't truly enjoy and feel insp...Any academic who doesn't truly enjoy and feel inspired by what they're doing owes it to the rest of us to retire within the next couple of hours. <BR/><BR/>We do what we do, I hope, because we feel like it's vitally important. I certainly find it easy to get excited about linguistics not just in terms of what I think is cool, but also in terms of understanding the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com