is this for real?

I keep thinking the amount of homework (mostly reading) I have aka over 300 pages last week is inhuman and I dont understand how they expect us to actually learn that much information.

And then an outsider who lives with another student made this same statement to me. He didnt know how they expect us to do all they assign and actually learn and retain it. I feel like I am moving so fast sometimes I am not learning what i need to. Sometimes it makes me wonder if I am doing what they expect or if I could be doing it differently.