1) the assignments just keep on coming.

2) which wouldn't be that bad because it's really one assignment a week and probably a manageable workload, but every assignment is a pain in the rear since you have to do so much preparation for it. how am i supposed to know what counts as a meeting/speech/breaking news that is newsworthy? do speeches at nus open house count? is a focus group discussion a meeting? it's not like i randomly have board meetings i can sit in on.

3) the writing is so plain and so stark it's honestly stifling every time i sit down to write a media writing assignment. i'm not trying to say my normal writing is grandiose and eloquent and rich and immersive but media writing is like lifeless writing. it's so stuck-up with all its rules and requirements that need to be stuffed in a corner somewhere so someone can go grow mushrooms over them.

i know complaining here doesn't do a thing -- it doesn't even make me feel very much better despite the ranting. and because i know (hope?) i'm not the only weird person who googles module names in the hope of reading complaints/reviews from people who have taken the module before, DO NOT TAKE NM2220 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA WRITING because you are courting death if you do so. or at least looking to spend an entire semester completely shackled under the binds of rigid writing rules. or looking to become totally sapped of energy with all the looking for things to write about. you have been warned.