A man is suing Oakland University for impeding his right to free speech following a suspension for a journal he wrote titled "Hot for Teacher," the Associated Press reported.

Joseph Corlett, 57, kept a journal as part of an English course's in-class work. Corlett told the AP he was an A-student in that course until he submitted his journal, named after the song by Van Halen, in 2011.

He was suspended from the school for the next three semesters for violating a harassment policy and would be required to undergo counseling to re-enroll in the school.

Corlett, who now lives in Sarasota, Fla., reportedly asked if there was any topic off limits for the journal numerous times and his instructor continually told him there was not.

"There is no constitutional protection against being offended," Corlett told the AP. "And while I am sympathetic to anyone's feelings, I repeatedly asked for instruction. I was repeatedly told there were no topics that were out of bounds."

After his instructor read the journal for the first time, she informed a school official. The university determined that Corlett had violated a policy against intimidation and harassment, the AP reported.

Corlett was removed from the class by two police officers after an administrator failed to tell the home builder that he was not allowed to attend classes while under academic review, according to the AP. Attorney Alari Adams said Corlett was seeking $2.2 million for mental anguish and embarrassment for being kicked out of school.

"When you get past the titillation, you've got to look into what's really going on here," Corlett said. "It's academic freedom or no academic freedom. We're all collectively dumbed when speech is suppressed or challenged."

Corlett said in the same report by the AP he was told by his instructor to write "raw things, a personal diary that maybe we wouldn't want anyone to read." He also received an A for an earlier essay about accidentally seeing women's breasts.

According to the AP, Corlett's wife is supporting him throughout, calling his writing fearless.