Hello Readers,
Today we are going to be talking about some of my favourite fictional schools in books and why I wish I could attend them.
The Tulsa House
of Night - House of Night by PC and Kiersten Cast
The Tulsa House
of Night is modelled after the European Houses of Night. Which is comprised of
classrooms, common rooms, gym, dining hall, a library and Nyx's Temple. There
are also stables used to house the horses for Equestrian Studies class. To me
the hallways have always sounded a little magical they are narrow that curve
gently and are made from an odd mixture of dark stone and jutting brick and are
lit by flickering gaslights, can you honestly tell me that doesn’t sound a
little whimsical and magical. I am slightly over the student age, don’t
look at me like that… fine I am well over school age but I am still waiting to
be marked. I would love to attend the house of night because one I would be a
vampire think of all the books I could read and I would also gain elemental
magic. I think if I was given the choice, I would choose water because water is
often overlooked with elemental magic like have you seen the power of a rogue
wave.
Some of the
classes you can take
·
Vampyre
Sociology
·
Spells
and Rituals
·
Literature
·
Equestrian
Studies
·
Fencing
· Warrior Training
Vladimir's
Academy - Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Vladimir's
Academy is located in the deep forest of Montana, Protected by charmed wards. A
school that’s part of a secret world that goes unnoticed. A world filled with
both good and bad vampires. St. Vladimir’s Academy teaches Dhampirs to protect
Moroi from the Strigoi. Unlike the house of night, this school is a seamless
blend of modern-day and old. The feeding rooms are sleek and modern while the
gothic chapel is ancient in comparison. I know I would probably be the
worst Dhampir to ever live but you bet while reading about St. Vladimir's I was
right there with Rose keeping up and kicking butt as I went. If I was Moroi I
would feel so guilty about having a Dhampir to protect me, also the pressure of
having the Strigoi trying to kill you every chance they get is a little much.
Some classes
you can take
·
Advanced
Guardian Combat Techniques (novices)
·
American
Colonial Literature (Moroi)
·
Basics
of Elemental Control (Moroi)
·
Bodyguard
Theory and Personal Protection 3 (novices)
·
Slavic
Art (Moroi & novices)
· Weight Training and Conditioning (novices)
Battle School
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Battle School in
Ender’s Game is a military school but in space. Every Battle School army has 41
soldiers, including the commander. Much of the battle and organization strategy
is left up to the teacher-appointed commander, but armies were usually divided
into 4 "Toons" of 10 soldiers each. The primary method of assessment
in the Battle School where the battles between armies, which normally occurred
once every two weeks. So technically the students don’t know that they are
actually fighting a real war so if you glaze over that small detail, you’re
just playing video games. Also, I know this is a military school but it is in
space major bonus points who doesn’t want to go to space and play video games.
Classes you
can take
·
Military
strategy
·
History
·
Tactics
·
Maths
·
Science
Camp
Half-Blood - Percy Jackson & the Olympians by Rick Riordan
The movie did
the dirty on how Camp Half-Blood is set up. The half-bloods live in cabins (one
for each of the twelve Olympians. They eat at the dining pavilion. There is
also an archery field, a sword-fighting arena, a climbing wall with lava for
training, an amphitheatre, stables, an armoury, and the Big House. Anyone else
stop paying attention after I mentioned Pegasus riding as a class cause that’s
the first place I am going. I think younger me would have thrived at Camp
Half-Blood; I say that I think at this point in my life I would love to be
there. I would just like to say I would clearly be a child of Hades let’s not
pretend I would be the result of any other God meeting a human.
Classes you
can take
·
Weapons
training
·
Combat
training
·
Pegasus
riding
·
Mythology
·
Arts
& Crafts
Unseen
University – Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett
Unseen University is
a school of wizardry in Terry Pratchett's fictional Discworld in Ankh-Morpork.
The official motto of UU is “Now you see it, now you don't". The school
itself is staffed by a faculty composed of mostly indolent and inept old
wizards. It’s a slightly perilous choice given that the Sourceror could turn up
again at any time or a spell could break loose but I think it's worth taking my
chances. The librarian is an orang-utan who was once a wizard what’s not to
love also there’s the possibility of travelling into L-space, an amazing
dimension housing every book ever written. There are also rumours of an exam (in Moving
Pictures) where the only question was
‘What is your name?’ how’s that for an exam question. I would love to be in the
Discworld even just for one day and I have to do that at a school the Unseen
University wins hands down each time.
Some classes
you can take
·
Creative
uncertainty
·
Indefinite
studies
·
Inadvisably
applied magic
·
Cruel
and unusual geography
·
Post-mortem
communications
Lx
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