Okay, Derek Collins, come on, there has to have been a way to write this textbook so that every single sentence doesn't offend me. And it's not in a wholly rational way either, it's just -- man, this dude's really judgmental, and it's pissing me off, and it's hitting religious issues I didn't even know I had. (Or possibly creating them as it goes along, which seems entirely possible at this point.) It's not even a well-written book!
*thoughtfully* I wonder if it offends me enough I'll feel okay dropping the class? It's just -- man, I don't want to drop the class, this could be really interesting! I just feel like this class has the possibility of creating religious issues as I go along, and there are bits of my syllabus that I am looking at even more warily now, just the phrasing of it, and I haven't had the class enough to actually decide how I feel about it. It could be really interesting! It should be really interesting! I just feel like every time I go into the classroom I'm walking on tenterhooks.
Also I can't feel if I'm offended or just overly-sensitive or making things up or what. And this could be really interesting! I just can't tell! Collins isn't even offensive and interesting, just offensive and boring as all hell. Also I feel like there is no way for me to bring this up to the professor without sounding crazy or overly-sensitive or, see again, slightly crazy. Because, you know, I was at peace with my beliefs before this: now I am just angry and offended and still okay with what I believe, just pissed.
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