Tolkien taught in school

[Gorwingel]

Well it is interesting that this thread was the first one that I saw when I logged on to the B-D's from a brand new location... college

Because today I have been thinking a lot about the dear professor, and the literature that I am required to read in school.

Today I went to buy my books ($$$$), and in one of my classes I had to purchase nine different books. Including Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, and an anthology that includes British Literature from the Middle Ages to the present (But alas no LOTR).

I am excited, but kind of scared. I am just hoping that I will enjoy the novels, and that maybe as an added bonus it will help me to understand Tolkien and his works a little more

No Tolkien classes at my school (which is to note a Catholic college), but if we had one I of course would be one of the first to sign up. I do wish that they did include LOTR a little more in school. I doubt it would be detramental to it's popularity, just because it is such a popular book with such die hard fans who already desire to know as much about it as they possibly can (It would have to be a elective class in my opinion).