Thanks to some bright button who wanted to educate the populace, YA books generally feature school systems.
Being a teen usually equals some sort of school. Hmm, yeah, I’m crying too. Okay! Okay! School is fun for some people! I personally homeschooled and enjoyed most parts, particularly when I could skip the required reading if it was too insufferable. I was also the freak that got up at 6am to finish school before lunch. Which ended up in this reaction:
Parents: Oh look at Cait! She loves learning!
Parents: She is so industrious and focused!
Me: *LITERALLY STARTING EARLIER SO I CAN GET IT HEKCIN’ OVER WITH AND THEN GO DO MY OWN THING*
Hopefully my mother isn’t reading this and therefore doesn’t know that I really didn’t care very much for learning. Unless it was something I was interested in. Like how many barrels of salt pork you need to make the journey from New York to Oregon in 1880. * Then I loved learning.
Anyway, disclaimer: I’m thoroughly glad I was homeschooled. It allowed me to pursue my interests much earlier in life with much less stress, aka writing novels where everyone dies and researching how to raise an army.
* I’M NOT KIDDING. I WAS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC.
But THIS POST ISN’T ABOUT ME. I mean it is. The world is about me obviously. But what I actually wanted to talk about today the types of schools you find in YA novels! And analyse them pithily as is what this blog is all about.
Also I’m linking up with Top Ten Tuesday! AND THANK ALL THAT IS HOLY IN THE SKY THAT THEY’RE BACK. Omg I should not be allowed to think up blog post topics by myself. It’s super scary. The prompt this week is “Back To School Freebie” hence we’re talking about 8 Types of Schools You Find In YA Books.
Um yeah I realise it’s eight not ten. But since when do I EVER fall the rules???? Never. First day back and I’m already a rebel. But the true reason is Playbuzz quizzes only allow 8 answers. SO. MY ARM IS TWISTED.
And BONUS! There’s a quiz at the end so you can see what school you’d go to!
This is definitely one of the most favoured and famous types of literary schools of ever. Why? BECAUSE HELLO HOGWARTS. And honestly Hogwarts rather has the monopoly on this type of school because the second you sneeze “school” and “magic” together, you have 42 people telling you what house they’re in when you don’t even care. *
Why is this type of school so loved? Because we all desperately want to be studying hexes and dark arts instead of, like, super boring mathematical equations, okay??? It’s obvious. My classes never involved “NOW TURN YOURSELVES INTO A DRAGON” courses and I’m a worse off student because of it.
- The Chosen One goes here and is probably bullied.
- You learn magic and are probably horrible at it.
- Food is fantastic.
- You’re here to fulfil your destiny.
- One teacher will definitely show favouritism.
- You’ll probably be expelled at some point because you did Bad Magic™ because the teachers didn’t explain it to you properly.
- You will be ALOOOOOOONE in the crowd.
- And one kid will have it out for you for no real reason except their father is a better magician than yours.
- Stars trios.
- Pets included, preferably magical.
* HEY I CARE! I’M A SLYTHERIN. I EVEN HAVE AN OFFICIAL BADGE.
The beauty about boarding school is: NO PARENTS!! And we all know books are less fun when there’s someone around being reasonable and sensible like suggesting wearing socks so one doesn’t get a chill or doing homework so one doesn’t get expelled or not sneaking off into the creepy woods so one doesn’t get murdered. Super spoiler or fun there.
Also boarding school books get super exciting when set overseas! Because everyone knows the love-interests are way hotter when they can’t speak your language.
- In a foreign country you’ve been FORCED against your WILL to go to and this is devastating.
- There is like 2% of schoolwork happening to the 98% of shenanigans.
- Someone is playing pranks that turn dark and dire.
- Enter Hot Foreign Boy.™
- Teachers are never around thank goodness or else how could we do all this evil.
- Food is abhorrent.
- Hence you must sneak in snacks and alcohol but it’s ok you won’t be caught.
- Unless that Girl You Hate™ dobs you in!!
- Someone will probably die in the dorms.
- Did you get left behind for the summer again???? Your parents are so awful.
- Your roommate hates you.
- Do some homework for heckin’ sakes.
Look we’re more here for the social life. This is the type of school where you don’t really appear to do anything except go to lunch. Or chat in the halls. And THIS IS GREAT ACTUALLY because actually going through tedious classes is…tedious. Also leaves tons of time to save the world. No one actually seems to achieve anything, though.
DO YOU EVEN GO HERE???
- Nope, she doesn’t even go here.
- We’re literally here to make friends and enemies and frenemies and get dumped or do the dumping.
- You cycle through a lot of relationships, ok. But that’s because your school is actually a Hot Options store.
- Skip a day, skip 10, you can make it up later.
- Little-to-no homework.
- Plenty of time for breakdowns in the halls though.
- You have that one teacher you HATE who always seems to catch you running in the halls.
- Omg did you just meet that kid you thought you’d never see again!!
- School lunch is always indistinguishable pizza.
- You sit alone at lunch because you’re a nerd, loner, new here, or social outcast.
- What classes.
This school is so mega competitive there is a 100% chance you’re going to have a breakdown. I get stressed just reading these stories. And the levels of intense are SO HIGH I thank the universe I never went to school at least 15 times, because holy heck, do you really have to do like 5 hours of homework a night????
Also the slyly aggressive shenanigans going on are totally scary because you just want to finish that essay BUT SOMEONE IS PROBABLY GOING TO DIE either so (a) the nasty evil conspirator gets the top place in class, or (b) mental breakdown.
- You’re probably here on a scholarship, aka you have to work HARDER THAN HARD.
- Everyone’s depending on your excellent grades.
- You’re so stressed you’ve started seeing numbers in colour.
- At least 12 people want to knock you out from your Top Spot and will probably concoct evil to torment you.
- Homework is so much you mostly just cry.
- What food? You never have time to eat.
- You’re seeing the air has a colour now.
- Probably taking something you shouldn’t be taking ok.
- You find a really good friend or love interest to distract you from your studies and THAT’S BAD NEWS.
- A stands for average. D stands for don’t-bother-coming-back-home.
The trouble with homeschoolers in books is that they’re usually portrayed as freaks. So untrue. We’re totally normal. Haaaaah ahhah HAHAH AHHAHAAH. Okay fine. Not normal. But still!! Homeschoolers get such a bad rap in books it pains my soul (remind me to write my own book to fix this omg) and while homeschoolers are weird — we’re not always socially inept. Gee.
- absolute FREAK who’s never socialised in their life
- generally is suddenly thrown into a school-setting and weirds everyone out with their free spirit
- dresses like a bunyip ate a tie-dye teeshirt from the thrift store
- is secretly super smart
- will take you on wild adventures because realises school is not the most important thing in life
- possibly homeschooling because has a life threatening disease and will die presently
- very lonely
- definitely single and quite scared will stay that way for life so takes up 76 extracurriculars to desperately find a better half
- also thoroughly adorkable
Nothing says “WE LOVE LEARNING!” quite like a school full of assassins. Ah. Good times. This kind of school is nearly as popular as the magical school — but added bonus is DEATH. It features a bi to fall types of schools too, just to make it jam-packed with fun. And plus all the bullies want to kill you and it’s super competitive because if you mess up you die.
Get those As in class kids! Nothing motivates you toward studying for a test better than seeing your classmate murdered!
- The teachers all appear to hate you for no reason.
- In poison class, there is a 100% likelihood the teacher will POISON YOU and good luck finding the antidote, that’s today’s homework, kids.
- Subjects are usually death, murder, weapons, death, history of death, how to be meaner, and etiquette class.
- You’ll excel in just ONE weapon, probably a small dagger, and wow everyone with your skillz.
- You’re probably the smallest and voted most likely to die — BUT YOU’LL SHOW ‘EM.
- You’ll probably fall in love with someone who is EMPHATICALLY NOT A KILLER and this will be a problem.
- Because you’ll probably be told to kill them at some point.
- Fun.
- Don’t eat anything from the cafeteria if you want to live.
This kind of school exists in books to remind us that SCHOOL SUCKS. It’s like simultaneously a release to us to know that our school life isn’t as bad as this. #Perspective. PLUS it’s also a very consolatory pat on the shoulder to give us leave to complain about school.
But honestly when you read about these schools you just get sO MAD and want to rush in and protect the poor bullied smol fictional character child.
- Bullies, bullies everywhere, and no one seems to ever stop them.
- They really have no REASON to bully, they just do it for the LOLz.
- You are 100% guaranteed to be a misfit and suffering from syndrome of Different From The Others™.
- But you will find a friend AS WEIRD AND DIFFERENT AS YOU.
- Then you can be bullied together.
- You probably hate school so much you contrive ways to get out of class like sickness or conjuring a black magic stone and moving yourself to another decade.
This school is quite fun because everyone seems to go to just ONE class. I guess this is to save time and not have the reader die of boredom during maths. * But it always seems a little unbalanced. Like ok, you don’t have projects for any other class??? Do they never affect your life??? Is your school merely running this one classroom???
Questions are here. They are unanswered.
- you either look forward to / dread this class an astronomical amount
- but it’s literally the only one (besides LUNCH…which is important) that anyone ever talks about
- it’s generally drama
- no joke, there is a 90% chance it’s drama and you are a dramatic wonder who loves to get lost in being someone else
- you’re probably an entire social misfit EXCEPT IN THIS CLASS WHERE YOU SHINE
- the teacher has a keen interest in you
- you’re probably forced to partner up with Person You Hate But Will Soon Come To Be Suffocatingly In Love With™
* Yes I’m picking on maths again, I CAN’T HELP IT. I HATE IT.
And now it’s QUIZ TIME!! Let’s see what kind of school YOU would go to if you were in a YA book!
It’s bene a while since I made a quiz, but it’s totally guaranteed to work. And if not…blame my dragon secretaries because they’ve bene slacking off majorly lately.
Anyhow let’s send you to school, little blog onions.
tell me if I missed any “types” of schools typically seen in books?!?? and which would YOU choose to go to? also what school is the quiz sending you to and are you happy with it?? and link me to your TTT posts so i can visit you too!!
bonus question: tell me if you like/liked school or not!
I GOT THE MAGICAL SCHOOL CAITT!!! I don’t think you’ve ever read it but Mallory Towers used to be my favourite boarding school stories when I was smol pancake and BOARDING SCHOOL AND MAGIC yess!!! I WANT TO GO TO HOGWARTS SOOO BADDDDDDDDDDDDD!!! i totally get the ‘we don’t actually work’ school. THEY HAVE SUCH SOCIAL LIVES and are never stressed. They have so much TIME in their lives? THEY NEVER DO HOMEWORKS? Or get stressed about exams? I want this life on a pizza please. The Bullies Go Here School you could have added A Monster Calls! BUT ALSO THE SASSING ASSASIN SCHOOL SOUNDS COOL (all this rhyming? not good for the soul)
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I haven’t read Mallory Towers but yAY MAGIC AND BOARDING SCHOOLS. A COMBINATION THAT CAN’T GO WRONG.😂 I do wonder how all these magical school kids always have time to do amazing stuff when like…where is homework? And sleeping?😂
Omg I can’t believe I forgot a Monster Calls.😱
I mean what could go wrong? Evil magic teachers with villains at the back of their heads and getting killed in chess games and three headed dogs? GO AND SAVE THE WORLD while I slobber over my homework 🙂 I know! They do not sleep? Sleep is life.
Apparently I’m a mysterious homeschooler, bahaha. (Is it because I picked Luna’s outfit to wear? 😂)
That was definitely a homeschooler choice outfit.😂 (C’mon, Luna was like perfect quirky/misfit/homeschooler material there!)
I got Super Stressful School 😀 But I think maybe I am the one who make it stressful XD I am serious and competitive one when it comes to studying XD
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btw, I love this post. How could you notice the pattern and able to put them in category? I am amazed 😀 Good job 😀
Studying is hard!! I was competitive with my subjects too, particularly to stay ahead of my brother, haha.😂 I’m really glad you enjoyed the post, Hana!!
Okay, so I AM a little devastated I didn’t get the magical school, but… The Mysterious Homeschoolers! Which is actually accurate, as I WAS homeschooled for three years. But if I had a choice I”d obviously go to the magical school, because who DOESN’T want to learn magical things?! I’d, like, not survive a second in the assassin’s school. I’d be dead before lunch probably. (even though it does kinda sound cool?!) (…in a, you know, murder-y way.)
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I AGREE: always choose the magic school! I mean homeschooling is fab, but one needs to learn the appropriate spellwork methods at some point and school is a good place for that. *nods*
I got the Mysterious Homeschoolers which is kinda funny because I always wondered how it would be to be home-schooled. In middle school I was so awkward, I don`t think I had any friends. It got better in high-school and I can even say I got somewhat popular, but I was still weird and nerdy.
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Hey but weird and nerdy is just the best way to be tbh. It’s the life of we bookworms.😂
This post is awesome! You’ve put a lot more thought in this than I usually do for a Top Ten Tuesday post! Your quiz was fantastic! I got The Sassin’ Assassin School and now I kind of want to go there but I probably wouldn’t survive :p I hope you have a great week! I’m definitely going to check out your assassin school suggestions! Love those books!
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Hhaha, thanks, Lynn! I love doing random twists to the prompts.😂 GOOD LUCK AT YOUR NEW SCHOOL. Just don’t eat the food. *whispers* It’s totally poisoned.😂
OMG I GOT MYSTERIOUS HOMESCHOOLER!!! …. If only that were actually true, hehe!
Love the way you used the Back to School Freebie for this! I don’t often do Top Ten Tuesday anymore and since I’d already done one I was like “erm nope boring” but I ENJOYED THIS! YAY!
Awww thanks, Ayla!! I love the TTT posts because I think there’s so much room to write fun and random stuff.😂So I’m glad you enjoyed my twist on the prompt!
Magical school, exactly what I wished for, Wish that were true, then I would be trunning my classmates into toad school or something else. Annnd, I like school, but math is just plain evil.
Math is SO evil omg. I can’t even with math. The best day of my life was when I dropped math in highschool.😂
I know! Math is just the worst subject, maybe because I don’t do well with logic.
WHO NEEDS LOGIC. *tries to do magic upside down instead*
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I’m going to be homeschooled! (According to the quiz, that is…) To be honest I don’t think I would mind it that much, sooo it’s pretty accurate. 😀 Though I would love to go to a magic school! I know I have hidden magical powers, I just know it. XD
Great post! <3
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Omg everyone is getting the homeschooler hahaha!😂 Magic school would be epic though…we all need to learn to cultivate those dark powers. :’)
Dear Paper Fury,
I am sorry to hear about your dragon secretaries, however their work must have improved as I got “The Mysterious Homeschooler” in the quiz- which is hilarious AND accurate because I was homeschooled from “grades” K-10. I have been at school for almost two years now, but the truth is I am still a humble, but slightly weird, homeschooler at heart with all our endearing quirks 😉
Who doesn’t want to go to Hogwarts, let’s be real here. So I’d say I would choose Magical.. I also have a fascination with assassin schools, but I think it would be a bit hardcore for me really. I am a compassionate marshmallow.
My personal favorite fictional school is the nerdy “Stressful” school from The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You. 🙂
Mae
OH EXCELLENT. My dragon secretaries are actually making a sensible quiz for once.😂😂 And homeschoolers DO have lots of many wonderful and weird quirks and tbh I think this makes us great for magical adventures.😂
I love assassin schools too! From…a … distance. (I sometimes can’t pop balloons because it’s TOO MUCH OK.)
Okay, but is it really a boarding school book if no one gets sent to Coventry? (Things Enid Blyton taught me.)
I’m attending the Super Stressful School, apparently. :’) My life is pain.
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Nooooo. Have fun in that super stressful literary school where you will probably have a breakdown.😂 *SENDS ALL THE CAKE*
*Psssh, yeah. Homeschoolers aren’t really like that. Those trops are TOTALLY off. “Total freak”. “Lonely.” “Definitely single and quite scared will stay that way for life so takes up 76 extracurriculars to desperately find a better half.” How inaccurate! This doesn’t represent me at all.
*She yells, wearing her tie dye shirt from the thrift shop.
I HEAR YOU, KATIE.😂😂 Honestly some of the homeschooler stereotypes are true but liiiiiiike…c’mon. We’re not THAT weird. (She says while wearing a shirt she’s had for 9 years and recalling how she did most of her schoolwork in bed back in the day…) Excuse me.
I got: We-don’t-actually-work-here school!
This is sooo entertaining Cait, and especially correct in the boarding school category xD I think you missed Noteworthy for the stressful school. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it because it’s amazing!
I do have Noteworthy on my need-to-read list!! Obviously I need more stressful school books.😂
I LOVE this post! I would never have thought of something like this for this week’s TTT topic. *Slow clap*
Aww thank you!!😂 Just proof of how weird my brain is hahah.
I am, apparently, a slacker who loves the social life???
…..eXCUSE YOU, dragon secretaries, GENUINE MYSTERIOUS HOMESCHOOLER RIGHT HERE. *stuffs tie-dye shirt to back of cupboard* I even used to get up early so I could finish early! (Also, loving the social life? Where did that come from?? xD)
This post was great, and I loved how you summed up all the cliches. I don’t understand why there aren’t books about homeschoolers in their natural environment, though? They always seem to be ex-homeschoolers doing a lousy job of fitting in at a school?
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Mwahah, come now, Jem. The quiz CANNOT LIE.😂😂 Also totally glad you relate on the getting-up-early-to-finish-early thing. Priorities, amirite? *hi fives*
WE NEED MORE HOMESCHOOLER BOOKS. And like nice ones, not ones where they just assume we’re all antisocial freaks. *sighs* You should definitely try Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee if you haven’t though! It actually features intelligent homeschoolers who DON’T go to school and work hard and aren’t complete social misfits.😍
Your quiz is super accurate this time- it pegged me as a homeschooler, which I am! (Or was, since I’m in college now. Whatever. Once a homeschooler, always a homeschooler.) Also, yay, another person who got up early to finish early! Not going to lie, that was the absolute best thing about being homeschooled. I rather miss it here. *sighs*
Anyway. I like your analysis of the different schools. I’m not familiar with most of them, because I primarily read fantasy, which has Magical Schools, Assassin Schools, and only occasionally Boarding Schools or such. (On a side note- oddly few homeschoolers seem to end up going on magical adventures to fantasy worlds, which is weird because we’re the ones who have time not only to adventure, but also to poke around in things that could lead to adventure. I want to see more portal fantasies with homeschooled protagonists sometime.)
MY QUIZZES ARE ALWAYS PERFECT. 😇😇😂😂 But actually it pegged me as a homeschooler too so like, wow I’m doing well today.😂 And isn’t that why we homeschooled right?!😂 Finish early = the rest of the day is FOR OUR OWN EVIL PLANS. Ahem. I mean, basically researching for my books and reading more so…I literally did just more school. But whatever.
I know right though? More homeschoolers! They have the time AND knowledge to handle adventures and I feel homeschooling parents would be more chill if their kids disappeared into like Narnia for a while. (I really want to write a homeschooler book someday!)
Please do write a homeschooler book someday. That would be awesome. And yes, some homeschooling parents would be more ok with that; they’d definitely be more willing to believe the kids when they came back and had all these stories of a magnificent other world. So that would be nice.
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Adorkable homeschooler! Huzzah 🙂
I am perfectly okay with this. (Means I can bake cake bc now you have me hungry!)
Cake is the PERFECT solution to all things.😂
I got the Assassin school 😂 As much as I’d like to believe I would make a badass assassin I’m 99% sure I’d fail epically.
I love all the types of schools you came up with but what about the school where something supernatural going on but nobody knows about it except a small group of people (usually the main character and their friends)? I’m thinking The Raven Cycle/The Wolves of Mercy falls/Mara Dyer. That sort of thing.
Great post Cait! I like that you put such a unique spin on the topic for this week 😊
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SAME THOUGH.😂 I mean I love reading assassin books but then I also can’t pop balloons sometimes because it’s just too much ok. (JUST DON’T EAT ANYTHING WHILE YOU’RE AT SCHOOL, ESSIE. IT’S POISONED.)
Oh yes! That’s such a good category I can’t believe I forgot it.😂
I got Mysterious Homeschooler for the quiz, but since I was homeschooled for my whole school career, I don’t mind. I find homeschoolers the most cliche of all schools. They’re always weirdos that start going to regular school and find out how weird they are. Can’t we have some stories about homeschoolers actually being homeschooled? But great post!
IT’S LIKE I KNOW THINGS.😂 I would definitely agree though that we need books about homeschoolers actually…homeschooling.😂If you haven’t read Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee I toooootally recommend it!! It has smart and not cliche homeschoolers who actually HOMESCHOOL. And it’s so good!!
Aha, I got “mysterious homeschooler” and guess what. I am none other than a mysterious homeschooler. And am I adorkable? I don’t know, I just feel clumsy most of the time. and I only leave me house once in a blue moon…or when my mother drags me out. And my best friend is fictional….hmm…and half of my clothes are from the op shop and the other half are hand-me-downs…………………………………………….
AMAZING. IT’S LIKE MY QUIZ IS MAGICAL. *flexes magical powers* And also don’t worry *pats shoulder* I’ve been a homeschool graduate for years but I still fit most of the cliches. 😂
Yay, I got Stressful School…. :-/ And YOU WHERE HOMESCHOOLED??? How did I not know this? I’m starting my freshman year of high school soon. 🙂 Lovely post, Cait!!
Yep! Totally homeschooled for basically my entire education.😂 I’ve been finished for 7 years though so I don’t talk about it a lot haah.😂 I’M SO GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE POST, BELLA. THANK YOU!
When you said boarding school I was totally expecting the finishing school series to be on there by Gail Carriger! Have you read it? It basically is about this boarding school where the girls learn how to be spies, there’s also magic, steampunk, werewolves and vampires and SO MUCH SNARK.
Also on your quiz, I got the super stressful school and even though I haven’t been to school in years, that was how my actual school was so…yay for memories 😂
I haven’t read it actually! I’m sorry! 😱 It kind of sounds like my thing though, so like?!? I must put that on the TBR!
Public school is not a great idea. Well, free education for everybody is. But like everything else, school has become much more about conformity and social rules than actual academics. It’s why I think private schools in real life need to become the norm again. Or homeschooling, because for some kids that is all that works. And there should be more positive portrayals of homeschooling! It’s why I made my characters perfectly normal and lovable while being homeschooled for their own safety. *Complete Win*
Ugh I can’t even when I hear about what kids go through in the school system. My little sister was homeschooled for most of her life but finished up highschool in an actual school so she could get what she needed to get into uni. (You can obviously get into uni in other means with homeschooling in Australia! But she wanted to go to school haha.) But she was SO FRUSTRATED with all the testing and lack of learning. It was a private school but still. It’s crazy sometimes. 😭
I LOVE how your characters are not totally socially inept freaks and still homeschooled. YOUR BOOK IS SO FAB. 🎉
Awww, thank you!!! 😀
Yeah, White Fang is dealing right now with needing to decide whether to change schools by next year so that he gets the education he needs, not just for college, but for real life. He’s already in Honors math and doing really well with science and history, and he can read really well, except his penmanship could use work. 😛 But he’s very aware that high school is not what it used to be in terms of preparing people to enter university/the work force, so he may go to a vocational school for 2 or so years before college/uni. Most of the practical education he needs to receive to survive he’s either already had, or simply won’t get in his current academic environment, so, it’s a bit of a struggle.
I also thought it was important (at least for my series, since it’s my perspective) to show that just because you’re homeschooling doesn’t mean your kids sit around all day reading religious material and doing chores and not actually learning concrete, objective, both-sides-of-the-argument facts (as is unfortunately the case with most of the homeschooling families I know) :/
‘ We only study one subject ‘ haha.
It was fun doing it.
I’m super pleased you enjoyed it!
Definitely Magic School for me but my poor kiddo must suffer the horrid homeschooling (because I think it’s the better choice).
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I mean, magic school is obviously the #1 choice here, but I suppose if Hogwarts is too far away then homeschooling works???😂
In real life, I went to the “Bullies go here” school. The quiz says I belong in assassin school, which would be awesome! Much better than real life.
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ugh that’s the worst. I’m sad for your school experience. BETTER LUCK FOR THE ASSASSIN ONE FOR SURE.
I got witchcraft!!! I have literally three friends (at school), I picked Luna’s outfit and lots of food since I have lunch at home!! So the qiuz is. fun, great and pretty accurate 😀
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I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! YAS FOR MAGIC SCHOOL.😂
Magical school for the win!! I was homeschooled my whole life and graduated this past May. I like learning, but hate studying, if you know what I mean. I’m hoping to skip out on college bc that’s just not my thing (both all of the tough coursework and the fact that I’d have to be around PEOPLE).
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CONGRATS ON GRADUATING!!! And I totally know what you mean. 😂 Like I only feel like learning about stuff I WANT to learn about?!? Which is not really helpful for school honestly. eeek. (I didn’t go onto college/uni either…just not for me.)
Your posts which include quizzes are my favourites! Awesome post :D.
I got the super-stressful school, which totally matches my own high school experience as I found it very stressful and was determined to get the best grades I could by doing my absolute best.
A magic school sounds awesome, I think that could be lots of fun.
In my country (the Netherlands) there is no such thing as home-schooling, everyone must attend a school until they’re of the age of, I believe, 16. But I would definitely not mind reading more accurate (not stereotyped) books about home-schooling in other countries. My boyfriend’s nephew, who lives in the UK (my boyfriend’s from the UK but now lives in the Netherlands with me), is a home-schooler. His mother (my boyfriend’s sister) home-schooled him and I’ve always found it interesting to hear about it from them.
As a side-note, I just finished A Darker Shade of Magic and it was awesome and I just had to tell someone.
Hey there Gaia! Just wanted to share that there actually are a few homeschoolers in the Netherlands. I was there for a number of weeks this summer, and before that I researched it. You have to get a special exception to homeschool, which is uncommon, but does happen. One of the ladies I stayed with told me about people she know who homeschool their children. 🙂
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eeep, thank you! I’m SO glad you liked it!😊💕 I should honestly do more quizzes I just get lazy.😂
Ugh to stressful schools though. I mean, I guess we all stress out over school at SOME point but some are definitely worse. 😫😫 That’s so sad you can’t homeschool in the Netherlands though. 😳
I will 5000% be here to SCREAM OF JOY about ADSOM with you though!! Isn’t it incredible?!? VE Schwab is such a master. 😍
I got the super stressful school, which is probably true…. haha. I’m homeschooled too! 🙂 Tho this year will be extra hard, with lots and lots of classes and other fun stuff….:) 🙂
Love this post! 🙂
Also, I just had to say that I’m currently reading the Raven Cycle, and I LOVE IT!!! After seeing it on your blog a lot, I finally checked them out from the library. I read The Raven Boys in one sitting, and Dream Thieves in one day. Blue Lily, Lily Blue took me a day and half. Now I’m patiently (haha NOT) waiting for The Raven King!
AHHHHH YOU’RE READING THE RAVEN CYCLE!!!! MY LIFE IS COMPLEEEEETE. OMG ALLISON MY DAY IS MADE. 😍😍😍😍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
😂😂 I finished The Raven King in one day AND OH MY GOSH IT WAS AMAZING! I need more of them! I heard rumors that Maggie Stiefvater is writing a Ronan-centered trilogy? Yes? I HOPE SO!!!
THE RUMOURS ARE TRUE SHE ISSSSSSS AND I’M SO RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED I’M KIND OF LOSING MY MIND. I LOVE RONAN SO MUCH!!!!!!
I am apparently a homeschooler, which is funny because I thought I’d be all SUPER STRESSED OUT SCHOOL. Yay? I bet it was a Luna Lovegood picture that did me in…..
The Luna photo 1000% sends you to being homeschooled.😂😂
I got Super Stressful school. Great. I am NOT ready for this. lol. But seriously the effort you put into this is awesome. I loved all the school cliches and how freakin’ applicable they were. Keep on bringing the laughs.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!!😂 It was a lot of work haha BUT I LOVE BLOGGING SO YAY.😂
Why is it that homeschoolers/homeschools are always portrayed as weirdos? Here in the U.S., homeschooling is growing by leaps and bounds due to all the government intrusion and lack of learning, and the violence. It is quite sad really.
I have been homeschooling my kiddos since my oldest would have gone to K. and she just graduated in May. Yay, three more to go! My youngest is in first grade this year, so I have a ways to go! I was not hs myself, but my public school journey wasn’t too bad….and my favorite class was English and the worst, math. This is why I am a novelist, not an accountant!
I know right?! It’s so annoying.😭 Homeschoolers AREN’T THAT WEIRD. I mean, we can be??? But like so can people who go to school??? Good luck to you and your kids though! I homeschooled my entire school-life except for 1 term in 2nd grade because my mum was really sick. So I went to school. 😂
I have been in a real- life super stressful school, because we are classed by grades.. five hours of homework? You make me laugh, but hey i would totally ace assassin school
Ugh 5 hours of homework sounds hellish. 😭😭 I’m glad you enjoyed the post though! THANKS.
This list is super accurate, especially with cliches 😂 I got the The Sassin’ Assassin School and it would be fine… but I’m probably going to die the first day, so maybe not so much.
But I could not expect anything less, since I pick Assassin’s Creed suit and poison for my class mate birthday 😂
I would probably die on the first day too don’t worry. 😂 GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW SCHOOL.
I got the magical school but I totally thought I was going to get the assassin one. Maybe I’ll be a magical assassin? That could be fun!
Great post! So many YA books are set in schools and I don’t often think about all the cliches!
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Magical assassin sounds entirely nefarious. I SHALL WATCH OUT FOR YOU WHEN YOU COMPLETELY YOUR EDUCATION. *screams quietly*
You know, homeschooling is great and all, but I want to go to one of those assassin schools where they teach you cool things like: how to sneak, how to stab, and how to dress in all black at night and be awesome. #lifegoal
I won’t lie…it could be rather fantastic. :’) Especially wearing all black, because then you can spill food and no one even notices.
Oooh. Love this!! I like magical schools and boarding schools. They are the best! Magical borading school? Okay. Sign me up for that.
I know right?! HOGWARTS. We just all want to go to Hogwarts, let’s be real here.
Three cheers for homeschooling! I remember getting to pick my own books for lit class. Soooo awesome!
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Yessss! So much appreciation! I had a lot of flexibility with my reading too. I also usually finished a month’s worth of reading in 2 days so.😂
Ha! I go to “We-only-study-one-subject school.” I think I’m ok with that as long as that one subject can be reading fiction or eating food. Or reading fiction about food while eating the same food the characters are eating and generally just feeling happy inside. Unless characters are dying while they are eating. Then I will cry and my sandwich will get all soggy and I won’t be able to eat it because I CAN’T HANDLE SOGGY THINGS. And then I will be sad.
It seems like there are a lot of books where the person has an English teacher who is really amazing and changes their LIFE. At first I was like, “I wonder why that is.” And then I realized, it’s because books are written by a) people who had an English teacher who inspired them to become a writer or b) English teachers who are like, “ENGLISH TEACHERS ARE SO AMAZING. BELIEVE ME.”
When I write about people in school they mostly just… eat lunch. Because I was home schooled and don’t know much about what it’s like to be in a high school classroom. But I know how to eat lunch. We do that in homeschool. We do it a lot. Sometimes more than once in one day. I have lots of experience with that.
Eating food would be a subject I would EXCEL AT. SIGN ME UP. Although I agree that soggy sandwiches are things of evil. Let’s just not even go there. *shudders*
And that’s a really good point about the English teachers! I also always felt that if you’re a bookworm enjoying books you’re more likely to relate to a book that talks about english class?! IDK. I DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL.😂
Me: -sees choices for what weapon to take to school- “oh yes i’ll take the winchesters to school” -clicks option- ‘wait no was that supposed to be running? idek man’
I officially attend the ‘bullies all go here’ school. which, considering i am both homeschooled and the oldest living at home, is slightly problematic.
BAHAHAH. 😂😂 Yes it was supposed to be like “running away” but like dude. I should’ve had an option to take Winchesters to school. That would make ANY school more tolerable.
To be honest, I love the school trope in books whether it be a magical school or boarding school or assassin school (arguably my fav). I don’t know why, but I think it’s so entertaining to mix the daily struggles of a student with the struggles of being the chosen one or a badass assassin in training. Also I’m dying to check out some of these books now!!!
Ah! I agree! Schools can be great in books, especially magical ones!
I’m a Ravenclaw!
Also, I totally can see where you got these schools from. Totally.
And school of magic. No, duh, it’s Hogwarts.
Hogwarts is the only school, let’s be real here. :’)
I got “The Mysterious Homeschoolers”, which is kind of funny because I wish I had been homeschooled, but I wasn’t (except for half a school year when I was 10, and that’s what made me realize how much time is wasted in a regular classroom). I actually went to a pretty regular school with a small amount of bullying, a few mean girls (who were more snobby than mean, really), and a cafeteria that barely anybody ate at because it was just practice for the cooking students (the fries were popular, though).
I wouldn’t mind going to a magic school, especially if it’s in a foreign country (magic school + boarding school = dream school). Well, as long as the people are decent and the food is good. I spent one year in residence at university and had to eat at the cafeteria. Let’s just say they wouldn’t have been winning any Michelin stars.
One of my recent reads had a school for psychopaths, though it was just supposed to be a regular Australian high school. Nearly every student except for the MC was sadistic and cruel, the teachers didn’t notice anything amiss, the one person the MC befriended was bullied to the point where she committed suicide (after which the dead girl was slut-shamed by the other students), and the MC was called in to the school counsellor’s office to talk about the death, only the counsellor wouldn’t talk about suicide and acted like the MC just asked her how babies are made (“We don’t talk about that!”). Oh, and then the MC attempted suicide, failed, and was paired with one of her bullies to “catch up” on the work she missed while she was in a coma. And then they became besties! Ugh. That book…
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I have NO regrets for being homeschooled honestly.😂 My younger sister went to school for the last 3 years of her education and omg just hearing about the testing and time wasted I just…nope. *flees the galaxy*
MAGICAL SCHOOLS THOUGH. I could use those skills.😂
Um…that book sounds intensely strange. And very frustrating. 😳😳
Hello Sassy assassin’s school.
#slytherinhighfive
*HISSES COMPANIONABLY AT YOU* 🐉🐉🐉
HAHAHAHAAHAHAH Slytherin4ever.
OH MY GOSH I GOT THE SUPER STRESSFUL SCHOOL WHICH IS SO TRUE
so now i’m kind of confused because people don’t have 5+ hrs of hw? because I have 6-7 hrs each day (3pm-10:30pm is hw time)
oh my gosh I like have a love hate relationship with school. I take 5 AP courses and get 1 hr avg for each of those classes every night + Spanish (45m) + more than 6 clubs
i’m actually really confused, like I know aps are hard and stuff, but people don’t get 1 hr of hw for each class?? (might be good to include that I go to some sh*t “school for the gifted” which exists solely to torture us all)
bUT THE PEOPLE ARE SO COMPETITIVE OMG they’re like all nice and “what did you get on your test?” and then it’s like “ha beotch I got a 101.” like FU okay, FU.
gah I had my breakdown yesterday (it’s week 2 of school yay T.T) and it’s like a once a month occasion
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I can’t even imagine coping with that much homework. 😭😭 That’s longer than I spent doing actual school GAH. SCHOOL IS WEIRD AND STRESSFUL.
*sends chocolate for your breakdown*
Wow. You put in a LOT more work onto your list this week than me. I agree with your list, but would add one more: The School Where all the Administrators and Teachers have no clue what is going on schools.
Books with memorable school scenes
Aww, thanks, Anne!😂I had a lot of fun with this haha. And omg I agree with your addition. FOR SURE.
My result was “The Mysterious Homeschoolers.” The funny thing is, I was actually homeschooled for several years! Haha.
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heehee, I love this post. XD
*takes quiz*
*snorts* tell those dragon secretaries to transfer me back to hogwarts immediately, term starts soon and its O.W.L. year. Although, I wouldn’t say no to school thats just talking and lunch. XD
Most crazily, ~Olive
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WE ALL WANT TO GO TO HOGWARTS.😂
How do you come up with these great post ideas xD I don’t read much YA, but I’ll always read a post like this 😀 so relatable. And even if you say “Top Ten Tuesday”, it’s not like you simply stick to a list either 😀 it’s great!
I’m also very glad you were homeschooled. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I was bullied constantly and very badly, and I wouldn’t be lying if I said suicide was on my mind for so many years during school. I can’t believe society puts nearly everyone through it. Homeschooling doesn’t really exist in my country, unless maybe for really sick kids. School sucks 🙁
And THAT’S why we need all those fictional schools! Magical school, hell, I’d go for that any day. I want to at least have dreams about that, because that’s pretty much the only way we can experience it more directly than just reading xD HOW are you a Slytherin though xD although I think most people have a wrong concept about that house… like, deciding about the whole house based on just a few folks is probably not so good.
The boarding school ones are hilarious xD oh! I love it how you included the books! This is such an awesome post, honestly.
Also? I actually usually see numbers in colors xD awesome synaesthesia is awesome. Love it.
Actually, I’d love to read more about (realistic) homeschooling, cause like I said – I don’t think it’s even legal here, so I’d get to be jealous and think it’s damn awesome 😀 cause I know next to nothing about it. It’s too bad the rep’s so bad… it’s like curly hair rep (the what rep now..? *cough* no such thing *cough* 😂😂😂
Also, bullies? Nobody EVER stops them. No such thing. It’s not a cliche, sadly :/ me and my girls stopped bloody bullying of a boy once by risking our asses and telling a psychologist. Nobody even noticed before that that kids would sit bloodied in class. We risked out own ass and knew it, as I’ve been hit. That’s not even the worst of it. SCHOOL SUCKS. Homework and required reading was honestly the best part of it. And they do do it for the lolz. Honestly. For 12 years. And the only reason I exist at all today is because I DID find a weird friend xD xD oh no. I am the cliche 😀
Hahaha! I’m in the super stressful school by quiz! That sounds about right 😀 although my school wasn’t very demanding, it’s just that I needed to excel cause I could achieve nothing else in that environment xD graduated with honors xD oh well, that’s why I can talk to you in English now and have a book blog. Anyway, sorry for a bit of a downer of a comment, but such is life 🙂 great post! Really entertaining 🙂
Some good news for the end bit: I received my first printed ARC today! Internationally! And and and! A line from my review is on the new Senlin Ascends cover!!! So I am hoping this good stuff has now diluted the darkness of most of this comment 😀
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AWWWW THANK YOU. <3 I try.😂I mean, I do like doing the typical lists of books, but sometimes my brain is like "BUT WHAT IF INSTEAD..." and I just go with it.😂
I'm really sorry for your horrible school experience though. That sounds awful. I hear so many school-shaped-real-horror-stories and it's just so sad that school and learning can turn into such a hell.
(Magical schools would be WAY better than any other kind of school, let's be real here.)
Omg I can't believe homeschooling wouldn't be legal in your country?! 😱 I kind of want to write an actual realistic homeschooler book. 😂
(CONGRATS FOR THE ARC!!! I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOU TOTALLY DESERVE THIS!! hopefully it's the first of many. :')
You SHOULD write that homeschooler book! Or at least recommend me a good one, I’d like to find out what it’s actually about xD yeah, no homeschooling here. I guess it’s the Eastern Europe tradition? (Read: post-Soviet). Nothing was about the individual in USSR, only about the mass. And there is nothing more individual than homeschooling, really. Thus? Enemy of the state xD that would be my reasoning. Not to say that our schools do much good. We do study university calculus back in highschool, that is true – but I don’t know if it does us any good.
Oh, by the way! Just got approved for The Girl In The Tower today, so excited! (Sequel to The Bear And The Nightingale). Do you have that one? I’m so excited about it, been waiting for aaaaaages!! I actually almost stopped looking until a friend accidentally told me it was on NetGalley. So curious about what happens next, omg. I think you’ve definitely read the first one already cause I remember you had it? But that’s not always a guarantee that you’ve read it, so xD
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I haven’t actually read The Bear and the Nightingale yet because I’m THE WORST. 😭😭 But I do own it. Haha. I’m glad you got approved though! I didn’t even know it was a series, eeeeep. I should get onto it so I can request the sequel. 😂
So Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee is literally the BEST homeschooler book I’ve read but I hate the ending.😂It’s still a 4-star read for me though! It’s not very much like how Australia homeschools but at least it doesn’t make homeschoolers out to be freaks. I’ve never never read an Aussie book with a homeschooler in it. CLEARLY MY WORK HERE NEEDS TO START.
I got “We only study one subject” school, which teenage me probably wouldn’t have minded if that subject was history? History was my JAM in high school. Math, not so much.
Maths is terrifying and history is SO much more interesting! AGREEMENT.
So this was a super unique and interesting post!! I was homeschooled the whole way through and loved it, and this week I’ve just started at university and it’s SO different but I think I’m going to enjoy it? While stressing, I mean, which is probably how I got the quiz result of “super stressful school.” But yeah. I think you descriptions are accurate!
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Aww thanks Amanda! (Also HI! I haven’t said hello for ages!!) Also best of luck with uni, that sounds huge and kind of scary but also very awesome. 😀
IT IS VERY MUCH HUGE. There are 40,000 students here! Good gracious that’s a sizeable town!
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MATHS TOTALLY DESERVES TO BE PICKED ON BECAUSE IT IS THE TRUE EVIL OF THE WORLD (no joke though, it took me four times to pass my gcse maths exams)
I got the Magic School, whee! ✨ I’d probably enjoy a magical school more than I enjoyed the real school I went to, even though I didn’t study for anything that didn’t involve numbers *shakes fist at numbers for giving mini me so many headaches*
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MATHS IS SO EVIL IT IS PROBABLY AN INVENTION OF THE DARKNESS. *runs away from maths forever* 😂
This is hilarious! XD And so true. I never understood those books (or tv shows for that matter) that take place in a school setting, but there are no classes? Everyone just hangs out in the halls and gym all day until the bell rings. Anyhow, LOVED THIS!
I have so so many questions for these schools that just seem like social outings.😂😂
This was amazing! I loved the quiz. I am going to magic school, and I always knew my letter for Hogwarts got lost in the mail, just sayin… Also, I chose the plate of fruits for the food I eat at school, but it kind of looked rotten??
I don’t know if my eyes fooled me or it was a really bad picture, but I’m going to Hogwarts now, so it doesn’t matter. NEVERNIGHT was amazing, too, and yeah, it amuses me that homework at the Red Church is to find a cure for the poison the teacher just gave you or DIE. Funnest part of the book!
Great post!
GOOD LUCK AT HOGWARTS. The food picture wasn’t rotten haha.😂 It was just supposed to be mediaeval feast-ish?😂
Haha you’re spot on with the homeschoolers. I was homeschooled, too (yay for finishing school before lunch!), and it drives me crazy when homeschooled characters are these completely inept weirdos. I read a book where the character in question did not understand the concept of money and had never seen a credit card. *facepalm* Yes, we should have ALL THE BOOKS with realistic homeschooled characters! *runs off into the sunset* 🙂
Fantastic quiz! I got the Super Stressful School, but to be fair, I can make pretty much anything stressful… 😛 And Luna Lovegood is the perfect mascot for homeschooling. This makes me insanely happy. ^__^
It’s so annoying how books usually portray homeschoolers right?! WE DON’T DESERVE THIS. WE’RE NOT ALL WEIRD FREAKS. *sighs* I need to write a realistic homeschooler book sometime.😂
GOOD LUCK AT YOUR STRESSFUL SCHOOL, because I mean, the quiz can’t lie. :’)
Oh Cait, I found this so fun to read!
I’m in the Super Stressful School-oh dear.
Very entertaining!
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Ahhh I’m so super pleased you liked it! THANK YOU!
Oh dear, I got super stressful school. I’d love to go Hogwarts though but who wouldn’t <3
Love reading about all the different kinds of schools 🙂
Hogwarts is the best choice, let’s be real here.😂
Oh, wait I realized I picked Starlord instead. X| Either way. Excellent weapons.
Love this post! You are spot on!
By the way, I got homeschooled – doesn’t sound too far off!
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Lauren! THANKS.
Ahh I’m going to be writing about a school in Nov’s NaNo 🙈 I don’t want to be a cliche.
I would want to go to a magic school, hands down.
I loved class & learning but hated going to school b/c I was alone. So while these books are cliche, they do happen 😅
The quiz said Super Stressful School which fits, I put grades above all else…priorities right? I HATE stress though 😣
Oooh, good luck with your project then, EEEEP. I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN! I tend to never write about schools due to…having no clue.😂
OHMYGODS CAIT THOSE “HARDER THAN HARD” and “D STANDS FOR DON’T-BOTHER-COMING-BACK-HOME”. I DIED! Hahahahaha! But totally agree with this fun list! Of course, you didn’t follow the rules. Of course, it’s awesome!
PS. Sucky internet connection, WHICH DOES NOT EXIST IN LITERATURE, means I don’t get to play the quiz. But I’ll probably pick The Boarding School just because the idea has always excited me for some reason. Except, well, for someone actually dying.
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I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.😂 I had a lot of fun writing this haha.
(Sorry the quiz can’t work for you though!)
I got super stressful school which is sadly exactly right. I the “super smart person” (I put it in quotation because I just work harder and I’m more competitive than everyone else plus my parents would probably disown be if I don’t get straight A’s) so being the “smart person” equals me being constantly ask for help during class and me not hearing them because I close to deaf in my left ear which ends in both of us pounding our head against the desk. But on a bright note no mental breakdown this year also only two weeks into school this year…
I also think if there school in a book it better be magical or assassin because I’m here to escape real school.
Love the post. I seen you on goodreads and only recently realized you have blog and I love it.
I think working hard still equals super smart honestly, because it’s TOUGH TO WORK REALLY HARD. (Although I do hate that people assume that when we work really hard it’s because it’s “talent”?? Like usually not. USUALLY JUST SO MUCH WORK.) I’m glad you’re not having a mental breakdown though. *slides you chocolate*
(Aww thanks for coming over from goodreads, eeeep!!)
I haaaaate the “We Don’t Actually Work” school trope, my god. WHERE DO I SIGN UP? I’m heading back to college in less than a week, and at first, I was excited I was so ready to cross out the days on my calendar, but now: #Dreading, so I definitely fit into The Super Stressful School irl. Did the characters from The Love That Split The World even go to school? I loved the book, but I remember them at the mall and football games and….not studying. I was about to mention Anna and the French Kiss until I saw it on your list. LOLOL. Stephanie’s other books even qualify, too.
I’ve recently been reading college-themed novels and it’s been the breeziest experience for all of them. They sit in their dorm rooms and sleep, skip class, sit in the library, sleep some more. Ummm? If only. I actually had great food in my school cafeteria in high school (French fries, pizza), I think I’ve only seen lunch slop appear in Ned’s Declassified. And ughhh, I so need to read Harry Potter.
It’s a hilarious trope that’s for sure.😂 It makes the rest of the world VERY JEALOUS. How do they have so much time for socialising, honestly now.😂
I have only read a few books set in college but omg I know right? They seem to have a LOT of time for shenanigans and drinking and naps.😂
I got… MAGICAL SCHOOL! Which… I mean, I didn’t actually go there of course, but sign me up! I laughed so hard at these because they are SO accurate! Like, I was coming up with my own list of them while I read, then nodded along with your lists, so yes.
I am one of those annoying people who LOVED high school. Like, I’d go back right now if it wouldn’t be creepy? I went to a Catholic school (spoiler: I am not, nor was I ever Catholic, but sometimes you have to do hard things to be on the best swim team, okay?) and I LOVED IT. The people weren’t particularly assholey, and aside from a few bitter nuns, neither were the teachers. I love my coaches and my team, and my team was my friends, so. I also thought high school was super easy- I feel like it would have been the one with only one class, and the one class would have been swim practice 😉
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What….what do you mean you didn’t REALLY go to magic school? Are you accusing my quiz of LYING???? Shame on you.
😂
I’m glad you had a good highschool experience though! THAT IS GOOD.
haha took the quiz and got the super stressful school! Ha! love my life! Why does that have to be true? I am literally surrounded by overachievers 24/7! Loved the hashtags by the way. Thorn from Cinder is literally my life!!! Also LOVE all the six of crows members! That book is my second fav of all time! AMAZING!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this, Jamie! I had a lot of fun writing it.😂 THORN IS AMAZING THOUGH. FOR SURE.
*was homeschooled* *gets Mysterious Homeschooler answer*
…is it THAT obvious??
THE QUIZ KNOWS YOU, ABBEY.
LOL! This list is full of awesomeness! Of course, I’m going to the Magical School! It would be pretty cool to learn some magic tricks for a living!
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That’s definitely the BEST school.🎉
I got the super stressful school which is annoying because my actually school is definitely the super stressful school. The “A stands for average. D stands for don’t-bother-coming-back-home.” is 100% true of my school. Like saying you got 17/20 is like ahhhh what went wrong??? I would love to go to the assassin school though.
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AGh I’m sad that your real school is super stressful. *sends you cake* 😭😭😭
Honestly when I read “Scary Homeschooler” I thought you were describing Schooled by Gordan Korman…
Those cliches are very accurate.
I like boarding school books and I’m not quite sure why. Somewhere between “boarding school” and “assassin school” lies Curtsies & Conspiracies, where girls are trained in steampunk/paranormal Victorian era England how to spy on and assassinate people in the politest possible way. Another really good boarding school book is The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, which is basically about a girl who secretly takes over her boyfriend’s all-male secret society and becomes a criminal mastermind.
Thank you for your amazing content! *waves across countries*
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Boarding schools can be super fun to read about because they seem to have so much room to get into such a lot of trouble.😂I do want to read the Frankie Landau-Banks book! I can’t believe I haven’t yet because E Lockhart is amazing.
(Aww thank you for reading! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH.)
I GOT SUPER STRESSFUL SCHOOL. Which is so true. I was never in a top school but I did do the Leaving cert back in 2016. Very stressful ‘:'( (A bit like A levels in British schools)
I can’t even imagine doing the finishing-highschool-exams in any country.😂 I WOULD BE DEAD.
I was hoping for the magical school.
I didn’t get the magical school.
I’m sad.
But wow at the detailed post, you rock!
Seriously heartbroken I didn’t get the magical school, I MEAN HELLO I’VE BEEN PRACTICING FOR AGES WHYYYY
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With the answers I picked, I thought for sure I was going to get magic school, but somehow you threw me a curve ball and made me a homeschooler! WHY CAN’T I GO TO HOGWARTS, CAIT. WHY. This quiz knows me too well. It knows about my agoraphobia and my social ineptitude (might be a cliché but SORRY IT’S TRUE.)
Anyway, another excellent post! I think my favourites to read about are probably the magic schools, boarding schools, and assassin schools. Although I would probably be the first to die in an assassin school because someone poisoned my food. Eh, what can you do.
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SORRY, INGE. YOU’RE DOOMED TO BE LIKE ME. (Wow that sounds terrifying though.😂)
You forgot the YA fantasy school, AKA the school for warriors where there is always at least one drill sergeant who hates everyone, a dangerous forest near by that you should not enter and is the students favorite place, you shoot the archery teacher instead of the target, you get bullied in the first couple of weeks, then you find out you are a natural, and kick the bullies butt’s, almost getting expelled, but the teachers forgive you when you save the school, and meet the love of your life by them stabbing you in the leg.
DUDE, I CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT THAT ONE. Yes and yes.😂 So many fantastic cliches.😂
Apparently I’m going to the bullies all go here school, but I already did that with my first secondary school (like the UK equivalent to high school) before I got the hell out of there at 14 to go to a different one, so ya know, not going back there! I would want to go to either the magic school or the assassins school, preferably both so I could kill people with magic, that would be pretty awesome. I think you got all the cliches, I want to say that super religious school is one but I’m not sure I’ve ever actually read a YA book with that kind of school. I went through cycles of loving/hating school, by the time I left school at 18, I’d been to five different schools, so lots to love and lots to hate too!
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Ugh to the bullies schools. 😭😭😭 Magic schools is DEFINITELY preferable. I mean, c’mon. We need to turn into dragons and do spells. (And yes I can’t believe I forgot about the super religious schools!)
Fun list! YAY! I got magical school hehe! I always wanted to turn myself into a dragon.
I WANT TO BE A DRAGON TOO.
Apparently I belong at a Super Stressful School XD Which is ironic because I’m homeschooled! 😛
You were homeschooled too? That’s so cool. Being homeschooled is the best!
But I’m so tired of homeschooled kids being stereotyped in books and movies as these antisocial nerdy little freaks who have never even seen another kid their age? Real homeschoolers aren’t like that! I mean, personally I’m a socially-awkward introvert who prefers to spend time writing over being with friends, but I don’t think that has anything to do with me being homeschooled, that’s just me XD And i know a lot of homeschoolers who aren’t like that, they’re just… normal kids who happen to not go to school? I don’t know…
Homeschooling was the greatest! I mean it was 7 years ago now but I’m so so glad I homeschooled.😂 And like can we have some actual REALISTIC homeschoolers for once?! We actually aren’t all antisocial freaks sitting in a cabin in the woods. *eye roll*
I got the We-Don’t-Actually-Do-Work-Here school which is amazing. Reasons?
1. I’m about to study abroad in Spain but I totally plan to focus WAY more on friends and exploring than school because
2. I may have to drop out of college due to financial reasons, but my biggest conflict about leaving is that MY FRIIIIIIIENDS WHEN WILL I SEE THEM
When did I turn into this social person. I was homeschooled once.
Oooh good luck, you social butterfly!! ALSO OMG SPAIN.
I’m adorkable!! =) The school lunches made me think about my little boy. He’s in kindergarten this year, and really picky, so I’m packing his lunches. But he wouldn’t eat the lunchables or the sandwiches I was packing. When I asked him why, he said, “It wasn’t what I ordered.” Lol!
It wasn’t what he ordered…OMG THAT’S SO CUTE.😂😂 What an adorable overlord you have there.😂
You’re so right about the overlord part (and the adorable, but I’m biased!) We were getting ready the other morning, & he asked me where his villain was (his ‘bad’ action figure). Oh no! Am I raising a miniature Cait?!? =D
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HAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THAT I GOT HOMESCHOOLER. Does this mean we can be special homeschooled friends, Cait? I’m one of you now. But also, I would love to go to Hogwarts when Harry isn’t there. So I actually could survive.
Noooope, we can’t be homeschooler “Friends” because HOMESCHOOLERS ARE CLEARLY ANTISOCIAL FREAKS WITH 0% SOCIAL SKILLS. *laughs hysterically and then dies* 😂
Yes do go to Hogwarts when Harry isn’t around to bring evil on us all.😂
whaaat is a bunyip you australian cakepop you must explain these things to the americans
PETITION FOR ME TO BE CALLED AN “AUSTRALIAN CAKEPOP” ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I LOVE IT. A bunyip is what happens when you give koalas vegemite.
Ok, first and foremost since YOU brought it up: exactly how many barrels of salt pork do you need to make the journey from New York to Oregon in 1880?? Seems like something one ought to know if time travel is a possibility. Surely there’s a school where time travel happened, right?
Which school would I choose: magic school, of course. If I could learn magic, at least some things would be easier. Sure I might still be poor like the Weasleys, but they could at least do magic and it helped with the cleaning and cooking and I will never have that many kids, so bonus points already.
Your quiz gave me boarding school, which I find interesting. I went to a “traditional” high school and the thought of a boarding school sounds interesting. My spouse went to one, but as a day student, and he says the majority of the people there were crazy. That might put a damper on things, but maybe I could find the one that actually isn’t too bad? I mean, Madeline had a pretty good thing going!
Oh, and yeah, I hated high school. It was a really rural place and the student body was divided into two categories (it felt like): the Mean People and the People That Only Care About Farming And/Or Sports. There was a tiny niche that liked some of the same stuff I did, like books and art and games, but we were always a year or two off and couldn’t bond well since the years didn’t mesh great and then graduations happened and friends left. 🙁 Glad I never have to go back, let’s just say…
I DON’T REMEMBER, HEATHER. I PUT MY RESEARCH SOMEWHERE. It’s been like 7 years since I was in school c’mon.😂
Magic school is my choice too.😂So long as Harry didn’t go there because he was totally screwing up classes all the time.😂
That was a fun quiz! I got Super Stressful School. The funny thing is, I do try and work until my fingers fall off from speed typing my papers, but I’m like really afraid of competitions, so I would never go to one of those schools. They scare me haha! By the way, this is my first post on your blog, yeaaaa! love how your so funny. definitely going to be a regular commenter from now on!
Seeeee the quiz KNOWS AND SEES YOU, CAMILLE. No need to be freaked out. I’m sure it’s fine. :’)
(Also omg thank you so much for reading and commenting! I APPRECIATE IT MUCHLY!!)
Yes. I’m a lonely homeschooler…who has more than 6 siblings…
I loved all the TMs! So True about the foreign boarding school though!
Have you read The False Prince? Or Fog Diver?
I have read The False Prince! I didn’t finish the series, but the first book was SO funny and great!
Oh my gosh, this was just the GREATEST. I will probably link to it in the future. And the quiz at the end, icing on the cake (<- see what I did there?)
BTW I would totes be in Boarding School, which is good because I find myself easily attracted to foreign hotties. 😉
I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.😂😂😂 I had fun with this for sure!!
Yasss I’m off to be an assassin.
Love this post!! YA schools are just so unrealistic it’s great.
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They are HILARIOUSLY unrealistic.😂😂
LOOK AT ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL COVERS I NEED ON MY SHELF! 😮 😮 😮
Also, how did you get a Slytherin badge? Can I get a Slytherin badge? Please? :3
WE ALL NEED FUN SLYTHERIN BADGES. *hisses*
Why am I going to the super stressful school Cait? I don’t do stress well. I’m just going to sit in my corner now.
But I love the post and the different schools you highlighted.
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I’M SORRY. But the quiz doesn’t lie so pack a hearty lunch and go to school and cry. #HelpfulCait
I so agree with you on how homeschoolers are portrayed. I dislike reading books with them in there because they normally aren’t as they’d be in real life. Maybe it’s just because I’m homeschooled as well…
Most of the time I think they’re tooootally offensively written. SIGHS. It’s like people think homeschoolers just HAVE to be antisocial freaks? I totally LOVED Lucky Few for the sole reason that it actually had intelligent and HUMAN homeschoolers.
Ahahahaha! I got the assassin school! I am hapoy with this in theory, but if I went to a real assassin school I would die, tbh. I’d probably choose to go to a magic school, because then you might get a little bit dead but at least there’s magic!
THAT’S SO GREAT. *backs away slowly* I HOPE YOU DO WELL IN YOUR ASSASSIN CLASSES.
*takes off screaming*
Can’t decide if my favorite school cliche is “nope she doesn’t even go here” or “one student probably hates you because his dad is a better magician than yours” hahahaha
I got super stressful school in the quiz WHY IS THIS MY LIIIIFE NOOO
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I’m so glad you liked my terrible terrible cliche summaries.😂 I HAD SUCH FUN WRITING THIS.
Cait… I just feel like each of these types would make an excellent story prompt. Like, you have to write a YA novel (obviously a comedy/cliché one) and use your bullet points as the laws of the land. xD
ALSO CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW I AM A HOMESCHOOLER (okay but I do dual credit classes at uni too) BUT THAT I TOOK THE QUIZ AND GOT HOMESCHOOLER.
CLASSY. XD
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I know right? I got inspired too bahhhah. 😂 A few of these could be quite the fun satires. 😂
DUDE. THE QUIZ CLEARLY IS THE ALL-SEEING-EYE AND KNOWS EVERYTHING.
THIS POST IS WONDERFUL. I got the super stressful school in my quiz. Which pretty much sums up my school IRL.😂This weekend I have so much homework I am not sure how I’ll breathe. or have a life.
All of your “book schools” are so accurate, ahahaha!
GOOD LUCK. I HOPE YOU MANAGE TO BREATHE. 😭😭😭
Ahahahha I LOVE this post, Cait! I got the magical school one and I’m not complaining (tho I would’ve been 100% fine with the assassin school). There’s also the school where you’re like COMPETING or TESTING for something??? Like Divergent. But those are kinda geared towards the dystopian books. XD
Okay so when I didn’t see The Raven Boys under Boarding School I was like wHAT CAIT HELLO WHERE ARE YOU??? And then you mentioned it later on and all was well. :’) It really was a hardcore school, tho! (I forgot the name oops.) Weeeeeell, I don’t necessarily love or hate school. I’m super SUPER thankful and grateful that I have the chance to get a good education, because it is so true that others don’t, but I HATE the pressure and stress that comes with it. You’re lucky to be homeschooled!
MURDEROUS MANGOES! (Hey it’s alliterated!) Oh and yes I do agree about the Divergent/type school too *nods* No pressure there. *freaks out*
(I kind of have to mention TRC in every post, don’t I?😂)
I died at the “I’m 99% sure my teacher is Voldemort’s cousin” part because my dad is my teacher, is bald, and does in fact look like Voldemort. (Dot worry though he’s really nice)
OMG. APOLOGIES TO YOUR DAD. 😂😂
This list made me laugh and cry, the tropes are real. Growing up I was definitely in the “We-Don’t-Actually-Work-School” I was particularly bad about it when I had a friend to skip ALL of the classes with. I got my act together (somewhat) by senior year to graduate but it still wasn’t good.
When I went back to college at 25 on scholarships it turned into “The Super Stressful” which…. is exactly what I got on the quiz. 😂😭 Public school in the US definitely doesn’t fully prepare you for the work load in university, it’s a lot of self motivation and I see a lot of people struggle and fail after spending so many years getting away with doing the bare minimum. I treated that shit like it was my job and my life depended on it (and it did because scholarships are magic). My husband just started community college and I’ve spent the last week glaring at him that he hasn’t lifted a finger during his first week to start any of his work, it’s working my anxiety watching him coast because I know what’s coming. I’m one of THOSE people.
“A stands for average. D stands for don’t-bother-coming-back-home.” <— THIS
Reminds me of a conversation I overheard while at uni, a girl was angry at a professor for saying this "because it was discouraging."
"The B in Bachelor's Degree stands for Barely Adequate." WOW. The feels.
Also ugh the magic school trope is so bad right now, I don't want to read them anymore because they feel like the same story over and over. But for some reason I'm still digging assassin schools.
I love this post, it made me laugh and was a lot of fun to read. 🙂
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SCHOOL IS HARD. AND OFTEN TEDIOUS AND STRESSFUL. 😭😭 But good on you for going to college though!! I can’t even imagine the stress/workload of that. *applauds*
(And kind of agree that it’s hard to make magic schools original now?!)
The quiz has sent me to magical school and THIS PLEASES ME.
Type of school you missed: School Where Sports Mattered.
(I was always amazed by how much of a big deal sports were in high schools in books/TV shows/movies… no one spectated sports at my school except the other sport players…)
I would probably choose Magical Schoo if I were to pick one… or even boarding school… heck, home school could be fun. Basically as long as I don’t have to go back to either the bully school or the high stress school ;D
I love learning, so I had I love/hate relationship with school. I don’t do exams well. Turns out I might have a learning disability (this was determined in my 7th year of *university* and possibly why I felt like I was in the high stress school ….) There is a lot I most definitely DO NOT MISS about school…. but there is also plenty I miss. Though when I get super contemplative about it, I think the stuff I miss wasn’t just about school but also about where I was in my life. (things I didn’t know, responsibilities I didn’t have, etc…) But. Anyway. I was never that kid that *hated* school by any means. I even kind of liked my uniform. I tended to enjoy the assigned readings. And I miss band and choir. Band and choir are harder things to take part in as an adult….
EXCELLENT. HAVE FUN WITH HARRY POTTER. I assume your exams will be cancelled because…apparently that’s what happens at magic schools. 😂😂
Oh YES. The sports one is very popular too.😂 Like all they seem to do is play football or something? I think I blocked it because I hate sport.😂
AGh, I couldn’t do exams at all honestly. I’m SO glad I homeschooled because I just…nope. And I failed science until my mum started reading it outloud to me so I think I’m so much of an auditory learning that it can be a problem. 🙈 SO I HEAR YOU!
I got the Super Stressful School, which I was honestly expecting! I’m a total nerd, and love almost everything school/learning. I also would go some place with a scholarship and COMPLETELY freak out. So, yeah. Accurate!
MY QUIZ WORKS!! *pretends is not seriously surprised right now* 😂😂
Have I given you the “HEYYY, FELLOW HOMESCHOOLER” high-five yet? Cuz if not… *high-fives*
But! That was my childhood. Now I’m a grownup tryna get through a carpentry apprenticeship program, and *dies lol-weeping* it’s definitely in the Super Stressful School category, I will totally get kicked out if I can’t figure out how to carry lumber faster, somebody save me.
*HI FIVES YOU BACK* 😂😂
i got the we-don’t-actually-work-here school, which is probably not true cause i don’t know how to socialise. i literally have 3 friends, all of whom i secretly hate.
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