Tolkien taught in school

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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.

Too true. Before I knew Tolkien, my sister studied The Hobbit in 7th grade. I even remember her acting out Riddles in the Dark. Well, anyway, she detested it. She came home and told me what a horrible book she's studying in school, so I naturally thought, "what a bad book it must be". Some years later, my mom said I should try reading LotR, as it was when FotR was first released and LotR craze was on. I actually refused, remembering how my sister convinced me that the Hobbit was a bad book. Well, my mom just made me try it, and there's enough said