So you wont read it again because you had a professor that dedicated his career to the book and it made you feel insecure? That seems unfair. Give a shot, free of pretension.
Dude has a mildly traumatic experience in a high pressure environment at which he pushed through, and you respond with toxicity and name calling? This is not OK behavior for an adult. Do better.
Right at this moment people are sitting in the trenches and are getting torn apart by artillery and drone attacks in several places of this world of ours. You really should go out more if getting a B grade from a stuck up professor constitutes a traumatic experience for you.
What name did I call? That just was a fair description of how he said he felt. But seriously, we're calling getting a "B" a mildly traumatic experience? I'm bowing out of this conversation. Thanks!
Your comment read as accusing the og poster as being too insecure to deal with someone else's expertise, and of being pretentious. Probably not how you meant it to read, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who read it that way.
I don't think those observations are huge judgments. No less so at such a young age. All the more reason to give up the previous misgivings and try it again. No need to reach so hard to find offense. It's not there.
