I think some high schools have advanced or honors classes in various subjects. Perhaps if LotR was on a list of several books the students could choose from, it wouldn't have that "I was forced to read it" stigma. If several students chose to read it, they could have study groups?!?!? If the teacher helped to make it interesting, by using maps, illustrations and perhaps role playing, this might foster some life-long Tolkein fans. Unfortunately for me, nothing by Tolkein was offered in class when I was in high school or college, although I read them on my own in 1966.
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