I need some advice re: correcting a professor [View All]

[kiahzero]

In my Comparitive Politics class today, we were talking when the weapons inspections in Iraq came up. My professor said that the inspectors were kicked out. Without thinking, my hand shot up - "Um... they weren't kicked out. We pulled them out." She got rather upset, and said that I was just "mincing words."

In retrospect, I shouldn't have corrected her in the middle of class - it tends to irritate professors to be confronted like that. It was mostly reflex. I pride myself on intellectual honesty, though, and want to "defend my honor", as it were.

I'm not sure whether or not I should invest the time in demonstrating their is a large, factual basis for my statement. The library has the issues of the Post on file that corraborate the way I told it (I know which editions thanks to FAIR). I'm also concerned that it might come across as a little rude.

Any suggestions on what would be the best course of action?