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Viewpoint: We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us ‐Pogo
Author(s) -
Reinert Harry
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1981.tb01662.x
Subject(s) - adversary , work (physics) , public relations , political science , psychology , computer security , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering
Services to the foreign language profession, ranging from work on local committees to national leadership, are performed almost exclusively by volunteers. Attitudes of some members of the profession toward their colleagues, ranging from indifference to callous rejection, pose afar greater threat to the future of the profession than any external forces. The trend to convert the energetic young professional into a burned‐out volunteer and “instant has‐been” must be reversed before the profession can be truly unified.