I don't think there is anything wrong with it. You said it yourself, it is for building enterprise applications. For building a 'simple website' use 'simple HTML', or PHP, or any form of CGI. JSP is not meant for a 'simple website' and that is actually all there is to it. You can use it to create a 'simple website', but that is probably overkill. I know in your class, you must use JSP, but that was the universities (and/or your instructors) choice, but that doesn't change the facts.