Dear Manardariel,
Man I wish I had a teacher that liked Lotr as mutch as I do. My dutch teacher know's Tolkien's work and all, but he is not a fan so that's my only grip I have to hold on when it's about teachers.
Consider yourselfs lucky. But about that part of that you now finaly can use Tolkien related stuff. You don't need a interested teacher to do this. I myself use it in every assignment.
Greetings,
Anuion
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