Help a fellow Tolkien admirer by giving me your opinion - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 02-09-2005, 03:21 PM

That is true.... also often (and I speak as a former teacher ) it may be that it is not that they object to fantasy as such but they don't want you to read nothing but fantasy - and I know only too well that I can go a long time without reading much apart from Tolkien. Teachers like you to read a wide range. Also, when I was doing A-Levels and started university, I felt that I was "meant" to be reading more "serious" things and I think that attitude may linger... And it may well be that your teacher is not aware that there are some really good writers writing fantasy amongst the rip-off merchants.

However I am second guessing here what her objections may be.

02-09-2005, 03:21 PM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,461	That is true.... also often (and I speak as a former teacher ) it may be that it is not that they object to fantasy as such but they don't want you to read nothing but fantasy - and I know only too well that I can go a long time without reading much apart from Tolkien. Teachers like you to read a wide range. Also, when I was doing A-Levels and started university, I felt that I was "meant" to be reading more "serious" things and I think that attitude may linger... And it may well be that your teacher is not aware that there are some really good writers writing fantasy amongst the rip-off merchants. However I am second guessing here what her objections may be. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

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