This is so absurdly trying to make a contentious issue out of a minor change. They are removing the required sonnet writing in an assessment and changing it to

This is so absurdly trying to make a contentious issue out of a minor change. They are removing the required sonnet writing in an assessment and changing it to an assessment based on a thematic criteria. This is all in a class for creative writing and is giving more freedom. They are not sidelining sonnets all together, they are giving students in a creative writing course the flexibility to be creative.