x=2.342. And yes, literature classes do suck. Not that all literature is bad, but the required readings for those classes always manage to include the worst samples of it.
Not so much high school but college/unversity. You'll want to hold onto that for as long as you can.
I have gotten pretty sick of it by now.

It's a good thing this is my last semester. I sometimes wonder how the people who stay in it for the full four years manage to retain their sanity. I want to make sure I pick a graduate school with a minimal amount of extra requirements, apart from the thesis.