why I don't like teaching a class that was built for me

Today I realized that my students have another paper to do. Now, I have known this for a long time, but I assumed that the creators of this class would know the type of work load that my students and I would have. Soon after giving them a busy work paper, we are expecting them to write another busy work paper AND have a final exam. I feel like this is completely unnecessary and a waste of my time and the students. While the students had nothing to do for over a month, now they have 5 or 6 assignments due back to back. I feel like the work load could have been spread out much more efficiently and that perhaps we could make them more useful. The topics of the class are obviously meant to make BGSU feel like this class is worthwhile to fund into the future. I think that this is crap and that we are not doing justice to the education system. I would rather the department fail than to lower our standards in order to appease the powers that be. I am tired of being told that my views are not worthy because people have put a lot of time into this class. If someone puts a lot of time into something, that doesn't mean that it is good. I think that people take education too personally and then are unwilling to learn from their mistakes. So, I get to teach a class that is built for the department to look good while my students scratch their heads as to why they have to do all of this worthless work. I suppose that I should tow the party line and simply do what I am told (which is mostly what I do) but I feel like there should be a safe forum for us to voice our opinions on this. As a TA (we don't even get to be called instructors even though we TEACH this class) we have no power and no say in the class. Some would argue that we do have lots of say and power, but they are delusional.

How do I come to terms with a class that I feel like isn't structured in the proper way? Subvert the class itself? Quit school? Protest in the streets?

I imagine that I will just continue it and try my best to implement some cultural aspects to my course.

That felt good to rant!