This is something I thought might interest people on this thread. In my English class today we were getting reading lists, along the lines of "A Well-Read Highschool student should have read...", and LotR was in fact on the list. This list is also the list from which we must pick books to read for class. So while it isn't required reading, it is in fact considered to have "literary value".
In some ways, I am glad that LotR is not required reading. As Lalwendė said:
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My only reservation, and it is quite a big one, is that frequently students grow to hate any literature studied at school, and as a Tolkien fan, I would hate this to happen.
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How many times has this happened to me? While I don't believe I could ever grow to hate LotR (
) I wouldn't want it to happen to other people too.