<p>Mokusatsu, it was the one most of us wrote our AP on that year. We all “knew” it was the one to write on since we all pretty much hated it. 
Some of the hipsters liked “Notes” that year. I liked the French poets that year, best, but I think our teacher just sneaked them in to give us some relief.</p>
<p>If it hadn’t been for Tolstoy, I might have resorted to the dreaded yellow cliffs notes by the end of the year. The most brilliant kid in our class didn’t even read Karamazov and still wrote her AP on it and got a 5. :rolleyes: </p>
<p>She was easily bored and smoked Dunhill cigarettes. That and this one hat she wore a lot is all I recall of her, though she probably went on to do amazing things.</p>