Marked Education Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #7

"Here's your schedule. We have third hour and fifth hour together. And check out the list of electives you have for second hour. You can choose from any of them." (11.24)

Stevie Rae hands Zoey her class schedule, and boy, is it an interesting one. Zoey gets to choose between drama, sketching, and music for one of her elective slots, and some of her other classes (like equestrian studies and fencing) sound so fun that we would've guessed they're electives. Learning can be fun… who knew? (Spoiler alert: We did.)

Quote #8

And from there Nefret launched into one of the coolest lectures I'd ever heard. I had no idea an hour had passed; the ringing bell was a total surprise. (12.25)

Turns out that listening to an hour-long lecture about the ancient Amazons (their history, their way of life, and their customs that are still practiced by modern-day vampyres) is totally fascinating. It apparently took Zoey by surprise to realize that there's tons of cool stuff out there to learn.

Quote #9

Was it possible that this vamp school would actually be more than a boring place I went to every day because I had to and, besides that, all my friends were there? Not that all of the classes at SIHS had been boring, but we didn't get to study the Amazons and the Titanic (from a teacher who'd been alive when it sank!). (13.24)

Yeah, we're gathering that Zoey's relationship with school up until now hasn't been the greatest. And we understand: When you have to do something, the way a kid has to go to school everyday, it can get pretty boring, pretty quickly. It seems like the House of Night is doing something right with their approach education.