School Story Chat

[callmemadam]

Just a heads up that dovegreyreader writes today about the Chalet School and Malory Towers, quoting Adèle Geras. Although I have all the Chalet School books, I remain a Malory Towers girl at heart. For my favourite school, see poll.

[Poll #1523677]

Comments

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

I so wanted to go to Malory Towers!

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I loved the way they lived in towers.

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

As a child I so wanted to go to Malory Towers - I think it was that swimming pool.

Now I would choose Hogwarts, but only once the unpleasantness with You Know Who was all sorted out.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Interesting choice! You'd have to play quidditch, though :-(

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

Well, I might be a natural at quidditch. But Hermione never seemed to play.

And I think I would prefer Potions to one of Mam'zelle's treek filled French lessons.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to be taught by lovely Mr Carter.

I agree about the swimming-pool at Malory Towers, but I could never have stood the other girls and they would probably have bullied me for being homesick.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

taught by lovely Mr Carter.
Weren't you? :-)

You need to be pretty tough emotionally to cope with Malory Towers.

[rosathome.livejournal.com]

I'd choose Kingscote, I think.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Aaargh, No! Not with that headmistress.

[sillymouse.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I'd choose Kingscote, but I believe in it rather more than any of the others.

[ramblingfancy.livejournal.com]

I especially like The Chalet School in the first book when really it was like one big family of girls and not really very "schoolish" at all. I grew up loving the Malory Towers series too.

[lizarfau.livejournal.com]

St Clare's - starting in the third form, though, so I wouldn't have to fag. And being the year above Pat, Isabel and co. so I could hang out with Lucy, Margery, Tessie et al. The idea of being able to go off to the cinema on your own if you wanted to holds great appeal!

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I see the attraction but I've never got into St Clare's.

[lizarfau.livejournal.com]

I liked them because the first school story I was given/read was Summer Term at St Clare's and I'd read a couple more before I came across Malory Towers and, a little later, the Chalet School.

[(Anonymous)]

Darn, too late for the poll but I would've gone to Malory Towers - I'd even have worn the yucky orange and brown uniform - with a big cake in my tuck box! Second reserve would be St Clare's of course. Nicola@vintagereads

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Malory Towers was a much safer place to be than the Chalet School! I always loved the picture on the boards of Darrell in her uniform; think I'd have been happy to wear it.

Boarding schools

[(Anonymous)]

Chalet School for me, please, though with occasional holidays with the Abbey Girls! Though Linbury Court would have been fun too.

Nicola Slade

Re: Boarding schools

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Would you have joined in the folk dancing?

I see myself teaching at Linbury Court, rather than attending it!

Re: Boarding schools

[(Anonymous)]

Er, is there a blushing smilie? Yes,I would have loved the folk dancing. I was in the country dance team at my junior school and much preferred it as exercise to the vile compulsory games we had later on.
(I had a crush on Darbyshire when I was young, so I'd have been at Linbury Court as a stalker!)

[louise culmer (from livejournal.com)]

LInbury Court definitely. i adored the Jennings books as a child, thought they were hilarious. i still find them very funny.