Without giving too many details, I have an upcoming assignment that I was confused about, so I asked my professor for clarification and they told me it’s supposed to be low pressure and fun. The thing is, the assignment does not feel low pressure nor fun whatsoever, and I’ve heard the same sentiment from other people in the class. It’s an activity sorta thing, rather than a typical assignment, and it just seems like a somewhat stressful and unenjoyable experience for at at least a handful of people in the relatively small class. My professor is relatively new and seems really earnest about it being a fun and low stress assignment, so it seems like they really don’t realize a decent amount of people are sort of dreading it.

I’m wondering, would it be stupid to give the professor a polite heads up that “hey, for at least some of the students this assignment is actually really stressful” or would that come off as disrespectful? I like the professor a lot and they’re very kind and understanding to their students, so I don’t wanna come off as rude (or bum them out, quite honestly). Thoughts?

ETA: the assignment is worth like 2.5% of our grade so it’s not huge, I honestly have considered just not doing it but I’m worried about the final so I feel like I should probably just do it lol