What's Past Is Prologue

I just used “je ne sais quoi” in a three page reading critique.

I always use my first papers for any professor to assert that, yes, I am the pretentious dickhead in your class who will try and write circles around the rest of my peers, and no, I don’t know if you’ll find it endearing or tiresome, but I hope you enjoy this sumptuous discussion on Ronald Reagan that I’ve prepared for you.