XX possible job opening

[Sharon Campbell Knox]

>--Pity I have  unwittingly deleted other messages from this discussion;
>they seem to be evolving into yet another collection of fascinating data on
>rising tension (and possibly violence) in interpersonal communication.

Sorry--I didn't mean to be uncivil.  What I should have said was:
"If you have some of those qualities, but not all, and you're
interested in the job, you might as well apply, since they
may not find anyone who does have them all."

>So, it is precisely the expectations about "the top possible qualities"
>that is  the point of discussion. Specialization in some PART of the field
>suggests the top quality. Request for several specializations betrays LOW
>expectations and testifies to what we already know- that our field is in
>trouble.

You are right about Hunter's expectations. It looks as though Hunter
College is looking for a generalist who can teach undergraduates
a broad, but not particularly deep, range of language, literature,
and culture--not a person to develop graduate seminars or advise
dissertations.  I wonder whether the words "fluent" and "specialist"
are not being overused.  I'm not sure, though, that they reflect
intellectual dishonesty.

--Sharon