[Gorwingel]

During the short time I have been interested in Tolkien (about a year and 4 months). The major effect it has had on me and my education is that it has gotten me back to the library and into books. When I was in elementary school (oh, elementary school, those were the days) I was one of those students who was very shy, so instead of going outside to play during recess, I would instead go to the library and read almost any book that I could get my hands on (I especailly loved reading about people's lives, disasters, picture books, historical novels, everything) though I sadly never got to any of Tolkien's novels (I did not have my first experience with LOTR until 7th grade). I don't think it has had a major effect on my English skills (though I still suck at writing essays)
I have to agree with what many people here have talked about. Tolkien and High School are two totally different things. Tolkien is a interest, something that I want to learn many things about, and something that I want to continue learing about. High School is something that since I have got to the level of being a junior is something that is very repetative (I am basically learning the same things that I learned for the first time years ago over and over again) and I just do it so I can get that magic little degree and go on to college where I can learn about things that I actually want to learn. I would have to say that I learn about the same amount from both High School and Tolkien but they are both two completely different topics.

Interesting question (I am sorry if my response seems to make no sense at all)