Opinions Matter?

I am fired up about an assignment I just had graded and handed back. Unfortunately it is too late for me to drop this class, otherwise I would. It is my Teaching: Theory and Practice course, and to be honest, I love the material. The main problem I have is the professor. He is an arrogant jerk who believes his way is the only way.


For instance, he gave an assignment to one of his classes about 7 years ago and he had us evaluate the assignment in terms of effectiveness. I believed the assignment was crap (I was much nicer about it than that). It was written in 5 long questions instead of actually giving directions. I can only take so many questions before I begin thinking this professor has no idea what he is talking about. Rather, I suggested to condense those wordy questions into a few short statements that would be easier to understand for the student. 


NO. That is the wrong thing to do. Apparently I am supposed to 100% agree with him and praise him for writing such a good assignment. He thinks the only way to get feedback is to ask question after question to the writer. What about basic feedback - no questions, but rather suggestions. Sure, I am no education major, but from my experience, that is what seems to be the most effective. 


I wish he would get off his high horse at some point in his career and understand that college is built to have discussion. Don't allow us to disagree and then shoot us down for doing so. He constantly wrote on my assignment "What would you suggest?" I suggest what I would do at the end. That was apparently too late for him.


Last assignment, he said my writing was too long. So I condensed it and made it more clear. Now, it is too short and didn't explain enough. I seriously can't win with him. I hate going to class and listening to him contradict himself time after time and then giving us no "real" basis to learn from.


Uck. I wish attendance wasn't required, otherwise I would do my readings, post my assignments, and be on my way without his brainwashing banter.