Hating on the Journ department!

Oh wow... this week has been unbelievable when it comes to Journ!!!!
First of all, when we approach our lecturers appealing to their humanity and sympathy and attempt to ask for the smallest extension, we get accused of being irresponsible students who don't place enough focus on our academics! Not only is that a blatant insult to each and every one of us who have not stopped working over the past two weeks, but it is also completely judgemental and unfairly generalised. Do you really think, Sim, that if we weren't dedicated to our studies we would still be here?
I find it offensive that the simple appeal for a day or two of extra time is immediately assumed to be rooted in a weekend of partying!!!

Time management is not anyone's strength, I can guarantee you that all those 'seniors' we look to for academic advice and guidance have spent many a night cramming in work due to irrational deadlines. Journ 1 is a demanding course, and we became aware of this right at the beginning of the year; but just because its students are expected to realise its large workload, does not mean that our lecturers now have the right to act as if it is our ONLY subject, because at the end of the day it is still only ONE out of FOUR other, equally challenging, courses.

This term's course has relied heavily on group work, which has only complicated the task of meeting deadlines! Nevertheless, I am proud to say that my group came together and worked incredibly hard in order to be able to compile and complete our photo comic by monday night.
Relieved that I had proven Sim wrong, and managed to meet his unfair deadline ahead of time, I began to work on my two essays for the week, as well as this Opinion piece for friday.

So, Philosophy essay completed by Tues afternoon, Soc tut essay almost done by Tues evening, Journ opinion piece half way done... Seems like the work's almost clearing up?
WRONG!!!!! Now, instead of spending Thurs to Sat working on perfecting my Journ 2 Application (which I feel should have been my most important and ONLY priority for this week) I have to start on 1000 words of a reflexive piece??????????

Sim, no disrespect to you as a lecturer, but as a person and an academic employee, you really should have taken more consideration about the demands of this course, what each piece wiould require and how long it takes to create work like a blog and comic, properly. Seriously, its the last week of the year and instead of catching up on unresovled issues, we are cramming 3 weeks worth or work into one week, which probably means instead of ending the year off with improved, pleasing results, we're going to pull down an entire semester's worth of work because of lousy planning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!