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Old 02-28-2003, 05:19 PM   #30
Imladrien
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Some people state that LotR is too long and tough for most kids, (say 12 and younger).
While that may be true for a relative few, I am shocked by this. Is this where education is going?

I have a solution to the too long part. Back in high school 30 years ago, I had to read FotR for my English Lit class: one book the size of most of the others we had to read. Some of us went on to read the rest of the trilogy on our own outside of school. The rest who didn't care for it, enjoyed the next novel on the list (whatever it was) while I struggled to read that and TTT at the same time.
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