School back home is different. Well, Hexside is, at least. I don't know about the other magic schools.

The teachers and Principal Bump stopped caring about about teaching what was approved by the Emperor and let students study in as many magic tracks as they wanted. They get to choose all their classes and study any magic they want.

And they protected them when coven officials tried to forcibly brand them with coven brands and lock away most of their magic. They were willing to defy the Emperor for their students, and then hid them after finding out Belos was going to kill everyone with brands.

I don't want to go to school here. If I ever went to school I'd want it to be Hexside.

[If. As in, he's never gone to school.]