Tolkien taught in school

[Morsul the Dark]

That is not my intention, I love old tales they are great. I believe they are good an should be taught but I believe that we should also learn Tolkien alongside them.

EDIT:

May I also add, classics are not bad and should be taught but there is a certain overexposure in my opinion you have suffered this as well

though I have suffered through Macbeth at least 6 times in different grades -- repeatedly!

More modern tales are less stale. Perhaps I'm just bored with the old classics and crave somethingmore, I do not say throw away alll the literature just give it a break now and then. We always learn the same ones. This year for example we read Beowulf and the Cantebury Tales, I loved it because it was such a turn from the normal Shakespeare drilling.