One of the few lessons to stick with me from high school English was during the lesson on irony, when a student asked &quot;Is sarcasm the same thing as irony?&quot; and the teacher thought about it for a moment, before responding that, yes, it is, kind of, but it&#x27;s the lowest form of irony.<p>I really enjoy irony in life and in literature, so I try to avoid sarcasm as to not cheapen the fun of &quot;higher&quot; forms of irony (like finally understanding Alanis Morisette&#x27;s &quot;Ironic&quot;).