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15 Fictional Boarding Schools We Wish Were Real!
We have trawled through films, literature and even video games to put together this list of 15 awesome boarding schools we wish were real. How many do you know?
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1. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Hogwarts is located somewhere in Scotland, on a lake shore sometimes called Black Lake where a non-threatening giant squid sometimes acts a lifeguard. Students ages 11 through 17 attend the somewhat scary-looking castle made up of a jumble of rooms which seem to move. The first two years, students are not allowed their own broomsticks, however the older students are free to roam the skies. Who wouldn't want to attend Hogwart's?
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2. Regis High School - Toy Soldiers – filmRegis High is the preparatory school home of many teenage boys of wealthy, powerful families, who have rebelled in one way or another, providing the nickname "Rejects High". When the school is taken over by terrorists, the students must step up and save themselves and the helpless, bumbling authorities from the threat. You'd love going to school and participating in antics with these resourceful students who save their school and teachers from harm.
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3. Welton Academy - Dead Poets SocietyIn the 1989 Academy Award-winning film by Peter Weir, Dead Poet's Society, Welton Academy is an autocratic boy's prep school where the young men meet an off-beat but inspiring English professor who encourages individuality. The fictional boarding school is located in beautiful Vermont and is based on the actual experiences of the author. You'd love meeting the interesting, often humorous and heart-touching students, and especially the English prof that encourages non-conformity and life-changing enlightenment through poetry and literature.
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4. Miss Minchin's Boarding School - A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettCaptain Crewe, a doting father, sends his seven year old daughter, Sara, to live at Miss Minchin's, requesting that she receive special attention, quarters, a personal maid and anything she wants. Sara befriends the outcast students and loves the school's maid, Becky, but on her 11th birthday her father dies in India after losing all his fortune when a friend invested it unwisely and Sara is forced to join Becky in the housekeeping staff. In the end, an Indian nobleman chances upon Sara, explains he had lost her father's fortune but after her dad's death recovered the money and Sara is again wealthy; she then rescues Becky to become her own personal, well-treated maid and gives Miss Minchin the humiliation she richly deserves. Another classic boarding school which captures our imagination.
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