> OOP is a tool. And generally a useful one. OOP is also a tool that others have used to build things that many of us use all the time (I'm looking at you DOM

> OOP is a tool. And generally a useful one. OOP is also a tool that others have used to build things that many of us use all the time (I'm looking at you DOM API and CSS) so it's difficult to truly escape from OOP. You may never like it, but learning it will deepen your understanding of many other tools.