Tolkien in school?

[hobbit punk]

I am in my second year of high school and I have taken the advanced/enriched English course both years and plan to next year as well. Unfortunately, the lesson plan for the regular and advanced classes is virtually the same(except the advanced classes do WIER and have a higher standard set) and we never even touched LOTR(although this year I would read my Lost Tales volume one in class quite a bit [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) Also, I do agree that most students would not appreciate Tolkien or his masterpiece and regard it as a long, boring school book. My friend in Germany, however, got to go on a class trip to see the Two Towers and even discussed it in class! I have never been so jealous! I hope our school system will wake up and at least acknowledge that Tolkien is considered one of the greatest writers of all time.