I don't know what the problem is with learning OOP. Can someone explain why it's such an issue? I've always seen OOP as something that makes life much, much easier... not harder.
It may be two-fold. What I like about OO is the data-hiding, having all the relevant variables and methods tucked away into one big container (which has a good effect on namespace!). The thing which I don't really seem to get in to is the idea of object inheriting, creating a complex object by inheriting from simpler objects, etc. My objects are usually not that big or complex, and never really need to have a place in a complex hiarchy. Often enough it's this hiarchy that you will read about in books 'n things, it may be that this hiarchy stuff may spook some beginners.