...that in a school setting, one would not have to be concerned about triggering material in Grad School.... when studying something as generic as Leadership.

I am having a terrible time in class and I keep forgetting why. But when I go into the class (online) to see how to do the paper that is due in 5 days I get confronted with sex abusers! The only sample provided on how to do the paper is the profs paper on sex offenders (that was his leadership research topic). I can't even get through the title, yet alone read the article. HELLO PTSD. HELLO DID/MPD. Goodbye really good GPA. The only hint we are given with this is "don't do the analysis on it" but this is the model on how to do the paper he wants... and we have to be able to come up with *ways* we would do the analysis on our own papers.
I don't know what to do - he's not thefriendliest guy on the planet who would instill me with confidence to tell him I can't read his paper.