Beowulf boring ??? Such disrespect for the academic work of JRR Tolkien ! He as an Anglo-Saxon scholar rescued Beowulf from the dustbin of history and got it declared the foundation stone of all English literature. That’s why you read it in HS. Without Beowulf there would be no Lord of the Rings ! The names, the imagery, the heroes, villains and story line are deeply indebted to Tolkien’s Anglo-Saxon scholarship and to the Beowulf story.
hahaha my hubby said the same thing.
Didnt like LOTR either, though hubby and three sons love the books and movies.
Reading list for 9th grade included (choice) Moby Dick, All Quiet on the Western Front, Up Periscope, Animal Farm, Little Women, The Yearling, Diary of Ann Frank, Profiles in Courage, I think Jane Eyre was in there....a few others that I cant remember.
I found it interesting when my son entered middle school and they had the book schedule that you could read for points....Moby Dick was rated for 12th grade....how far schools have fallen.