Standing Out

One day at my woman studies class we were having a big discussion about a particular topic and what we thought about this topic and if we agreed or disagreed. Well the professor asked who all agreed with the subject; everyone raised their hands or yelled out with their comments on how they agreed. Well, with this topic I did not agree so, when the professor asked about the opposing view on the subject; I felt my heart start to race and getting hot. I spoke and the words just flew out of my mouth. I told the class that I could tolerate that particular situation, but I do not agree with it. Everyone looked at me and gave me weird looks like I said something wrong, but that was beyond the point. I spoke up and I was the only one that did. I was so proud of myself for standing up and being the one to speak my opinion about that particular situation. I felt accomplished.