Response?

What are with all these response papers for all of my classes? This is BULLSHIT. BULLSHIT I TELLS YEW.

French Lit - 5 response papers at 3 pages each

American Lit - 10 response papers at 350 words each

Advanced Composition - ?!?! response papers at 350 words each

And then...

American Lit - 10-12 page research paper at the semester's end

Advanced Composition - grand-ass ethnography project in which you will handmake a book containing your observations of a particular culture totaling at least 20 pages

My life. It is fucked.