What Is My Expectation for Critical Literacy?

I started to hear about CL or Critical Literacy when I was on semester 3. A lot of my seniors in semester 4 talked about how stressed they are about the subject and some of them claimed that they have somewhat a love-hate relationship with the subject. If we look at the name of the subject, it is just frightening as it sounds. First of all, the word critical itself contain a scary meaning to those who are students. You need to be a critic and on top of that, it is about literacy! Even if the subject is divided into two different subjects which are Critical and Literature, it is still so hard. The two subjects combined together is like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi play on a same team when they both are already two greatest footballer in this century. It brings a trembling fear to those who are up against them and the chances are; they are already lost even before the match start! That, is Critical Literacy, and students are the opponent. But they are also some who claimed to have a love-hate relationship with CL. They said that they hate it but love it in the same time. Wow that sounds almost like a wife. My perception changed a little after I heard that. Well maybe its because a wife doesn't sound that bad I guess. But on top of all the opinions from the seniors, one is above them all. She said that she has completely fallen in love with CL and when I asked "If were CL would you marry me?" shockingly, she said yes! Now I'm beginning to wonder whether she really is a Decom student or not. It is indeed a difficult subject but as a wise man said, "impossible is nothing". It motivates to not give up, even for CL.When I was in semester 2, some seniors also said that ITTL is very hard subject, but when I experienced it myself, it is not as hard as they claimed. So I think that they were exaggerated about the subject and that is the same as CL.