COMPOSITION STUDIES BY DIANE K. OLSON, PHD, WRITING, TEACHING AND CRITICISM

WE ALL HAVE TIMES IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE FEEL BROKEN AND BROKEN-HEARTED -- THE WORLD CAN JUDGE US HARSHLY AND UNFAIRLY AT TIMES -- YET I AM HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE WORLD SAYS TO YOU AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY BE FEELING, YOU ARE ALWAYS AND FOREVER A DEEPLY LOVED AND INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL CHILD OF GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LORD JESUS. YOU ARE BEAUTIFULLY AND WONDERFULLY AND FEARFULLY MADE BY GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND GOD AND JESUS LOVE YOU BEYOND MEASURE FOR WHO THEY MADE YOU TO BE, THE PURPOSES THEY HAVE FOR YOUR LIFE AND THE LOVING HEART AND THE SOUL THAT THEY GAVE TO YOU. YOUR LIFE IS AN AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF LOVE FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WHO HAS AMAZING LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR YOU AT ALL TIMES. WHAT GOD AND JESUS THINK OF YOU AS THEIR PRECIOUS CHILD IS FAR, FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT THE WORLD SAYS TO YOU BECAUSE THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW YOU AS WELL AS THE GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT CREATED YOU IN THE WOMB AND KNOWS EVERY WONDERFUL QUIRK AND DETAIL ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND GREATLY LOVES YOU NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH IN LIFE. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND LORD JESUS WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU AND VIEW YOU AS THEIR BEAUTIFULLY-MADE CHILD, NO MATTER YOUR AGE OR WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE. ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT YOUR LIFE IS AN AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF LOVE FROM OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS WONDERFUL PURPOSES FOR YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU MAY BE FEELING RIGHT NOW. YOU MAY FEEL BROKEN AND BROKEN-HEARTED, BUT YOU, CHILD OF GOD, ARE BEAUTIFUL BEYOND MEASURE. THAT IS THE GOD-GIVEN TRUTH. IN JESUS' COMPASSIONATE, GLORIOUS, HOLY AND LOVING NAME. LOVE ALWAYS, DIANE

LORD JESUS OPPOSES THE USE AND EXPLOITATION OF ADJUNCT LABOR IN COMPOSITION STUDIES  AND GOD OUR ALMIGHTY HEAVENLY MOTHER AND GOD OUR ALMIGHTY HEAVENLY FATHER SAYS LOUDLY TO WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS THROUGHOUT THE USA STOP EXPLOITING THESE GIFTED TEACHERS OF WRITING WHO ARE CALLED TO TEACH AND NURTURE STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITIES/GIFTS AND WHO DO THE TRUE WORK OF TEACHING AND ARE CONSTANTLY FINANCIALLY EXPLOITED AND ABUSED BY UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE NATION. THIS SITUATION WITH UNFAIR AND UNJUST LABOR PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- MOST ESPECIALLY IN COMPOSITION STUDIES -- HAS SIMPLY GOT TO STOP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE HIGHLY EDUCATED, EXTREMELY GIFTED TEACHERS OF WRITING WHO DESERVE SALARIES AND BENEFITS EQUAL TO -- IF NOT FAR GREATER THAN -- WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS BECAUSE THEY -- COMPOSITION TEACHERS --  ARE CALLED BY GOD ALMIGHTY TO TEACH WRITING AND CARE ABOUT  AND FOSTER STUDENTS' LEARNING AND GROWTH AS COMMUNICATORS AND WRITERS -- SOME OF THE MOST VALUABLE SKILLS THAT STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CAN LEARN TODAY -- YET THESE SAME TEACHERS ARE CONSTANTLY EXPLOITED AND FINANCIALLY ABUSED AND SUFFER GREATLY BECAUSE THEY SACRIFICE THEIR OWN FINANCIAL WELL-BEING FOR STUDENTS ALL OF THE TIME AND OUT OF THEIR GREAT LOVE AND COMPASSION FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND THEIR DEEP CONCERN AS TEACHERS WHO ARE CALLED BY GOD ALMIGHTY TO TEACH COMMUNICATION AND WRITING TO STUDENTS. THIS IS FAR GREATER AND MORE VALUABLE WORK THAN SIMPLY ADMINISTRATING OR OVERSEEING THESE TEACHERS AND THERE REALLY IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AT ALL -- PERIOD, NONE AT ALL -- BECAUSE THESE ARE HIGHLY-EDUCATED TEACHERS -- MANY OF THEM PHD'S -- WHO CAN PERFECTLY WELL DESIGN THEIR OWN WRITING CLASSES ON THEIR OWN AND DO NOT NEED ANY ADMINISTRATION OR MANAGEMENT WHATSOEVER SO IT IS TIME TO PERMANENTLY END ALL WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND ALLOW COMPOSITION TEACHERS -- ESPECIALLY ADJUNCTS, PART-TIME TEACHERS OF WRITING AND INSTRUCTORS -- THE SAME STATUSES AS TENURED PROFESSORS AND THE SAME ECONOMIC COMPENSATION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY  AS WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND FULL-TIME FACULTY THEMSELVES -- BECAUSE THESE COMPOSITION TEACHERS ARE THE  ONES DOING THE TRUE AND NOBLE WORK EVERYDAY IN THE TRENCHES -- IN ACADEMIC OFFICES CONSULTING WITH STUDENTS  AND IN TEACHING CLASSROOMS -- WITH THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, LABORING EXTENSIVELY  OVER THE EVALUATION OF PAPERS AND PUTTING EXTENSIVE CARE INTO THEIR TEACHING PLANS -- AND THEY -- COMPOSITION STUDIES TEACHERS -- ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF AND FULLY EQUIPPED TO GOVERN THEMSELVES -- WITHOUT ANY OVERSIGHT WHATSOEVER -- AND THEY DESERVE THE HIGHEST SALARIES BECAUSE THEY ARE CALLED BY GOD ALMIGHTY AND PUT HERE ON THIS EARTH BY GOD ALMIGHTY TO FOSTER AND NURTURE STUDENTS' GROWTH AS WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS. SO, PLEASE, UNIVERSITIES GIVE THESE COMPOSITION TEACHERS -- ADJUNCTS, PART-TIME TEACHERS OF WRITING AND INSTRUCTORS -- PAY EQUAL TO IF NOT GREATER THAN WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND FULL-TIME FACULTY. LORD JESUS SEES AN INCREDIBLE INJUSTICE AND CONSTANT FINANCIAL ABUSE IN THE FIELD OF COMPOSITION STUDIES THAT CAUSES MANY GIFTED TEACHERS OF WRITING IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO UNFAIRLY SUFFER -- AND TO EXPLOIT COMPOSITION TEACHERS AND THEIR PASSION FOR AND LOVE OF TEACHING -- REMEMBER, LORD JESUS WAS A TEACHER HIMSELF WHEN HE WALKED THE EARTH TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO -- IS ONE OF THE GREATEST INJUSTICES IN UNIVERSITIES THROUGHOUT THE USA TODAY.  PLEASE UNIVERSITIES AND WRITING PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS, WAKE-UP TO WHAT YOU ARE WRONGLY DOING TO COMPOSITION STUDIES TEACHERS IN HIGHER ED AND PAY THEM GREATER SALARIES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH FINANCIAL SECURITY BECAUSE THESE ARE GOD'S PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED TO TEACH AND CARE ABOUT AND NURTURE STUDENTS GROWTH AS WRITERS AND WHICH THEY DO JUST WONDERFULLY WITHOUT ANY NEED WHATSOEVER FOR ANY OVERSIGHT OR ADMINISTRATION. MUCH MORE ON THIS ISSUE OF THE FINANCIAL ABUSE AND SUFFERING WITHIN THE FIELD OF COMPOSITION STUDIES AND THE EXPLOITATION OF COMPOSITION TEACHERS IN THE FUTURE. SINCERELY AND IN JESUS' HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS NAME, DIANE K. OLSON