In retrospect, I did not get an mythology in my schooling. Sure we read short stories, but it was all for the state test, for skill, not content. I was a huge movie and music fanatic (and I guess I still am), so my husband found a Joseph Campbell book for me, and that's when I got interested in mythology. That's also when I realized all the movies i enjoyed were similar retellings of ancient myths or had myth motifs
I became a History teacher, and developed a mythology course as an elective for 8th graders. (We covered Greek, Celt, Norse, Egypt, Hindu, Japan and China) I was allowed to teach it for seven years, then school board dropped it this year, their reason was we need room for more classes that get high school credit...
Anyway, I got a lot of positive feedback from parents and students, and hope to one day publish my myth curriculum.
What did you experience in school? Did they have mythology units or segment of study in literature class?