My English teacher believes Tolkien has no literary merit....

[DarrenMcLeod]

Originally Posted by Xantar

I can see it now...

When I read the subject for the essay question on this exam, I found my mind totally blown. I couldn't believe the shocking revelation I had just had. The idea was revolutionary. It was going to turn the world upside down. And all the clues had been sitting there right in front of me all this time! How could I not have noticed it before?

It was clear. The clues were planted right there in the text. Obviously, the test writer was trying to convey an important message using the medium of one of the oldest and most respected standardized tests in the nation. But nobody had ever noticed it before. Now the world was never going to be the same.

But time is against me. I have to make sure this message gets out or else a terrible secret will be lost forever. I have to work as fast as I can now to let the truth be known. We've been duped for all this time! It's crazy! But I have to stop now and focus. There's just five minutes left in my time!

What am I going to do now? How am I going to deal with these shocking discoveries? How can I live my life in the world now knowing what I know? People have probably died protecting this secret. Surely they will stop at nothing now to silence me. Maybe you'll find it too hard to believe once I tell you, but it's absolutely true. Every description I give is accurate, and all the dates from history are real. This is what happened!

But time has just run out. I'll just have to wait until my next AP exam to talk more.

Brilliant.