I learn so much from Tolkien and BD'ers because of the passion that is shared for ME and all of it's elements. It's a positive learning environment if you will. In high school I found it hard to get into any class unless the teacher was passionate about teaching it or at least gave half a damn about it. Some teachers care so little their lesson plans involve word searches and staring at the clock daydreaming about the millions of things they would rather be doing than "teaching" a bunch of punk kids. Others make lame attempts at teaching only because they have to. It's sad that school feels like a jail cell to most kids. On the other hand I have had a few teachers that were interesting as well as inspirational. It was an English teacher freshman year who turned me on to Tolkien as a matter of fact. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if you couldn't care less about something why even bother trying to teach it? If teachers were as passionate about whatever they choose to teach as we are about Tolkien IMO we would learn more from them and our educational system would not be so laughable.
--- This is my first post here but I've been lurking around the downs for months now. I must say I am very pleased indeed to have found the Barrow-Downs.
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