Like your face? :banghead:

Some people need the crutch, even when they complain about the other crutches which aren't as in your face.

I don't get the whole if its there I have to use it mentality it shows a lack of self control, its like saying oh there is drug here I have to use it cause its there. I mean I think Clairvoyance is silly if you have the map markers and everything on but I'm not going to, so I may use it as a last resort, but not going to use it just cause its there and I can't help myself.

Perhaps clairvoyance doesn't fall under any school, I reckon it may fall under a lesser power (if they still exist).
Detect life is a bit iffy, but if I had to take a stab at the dark, i'd say alteration, because you could say you are "altering your eys" whereas illusion is more about affecting the minds of others.

Lolololololollllolollololololool markets turnered off cuz wez 8 the sukky cumpuss! But da noob spell is ok cuz it's immersive...lol well my compass is magic and was handed down generations, lol and an aid to traversing is the same how ever it's shaped if any thing bread crumb trail is worst that directional arrow. But that's just my opinion. Seems odd so may raved the compass spoilt the game then rejoices in a even more noob concept the clairvoyance spell. Oh well each to there own it's nice to have options I suppose.

Here's some oldschool info for you newbs about how magic was originally classified in TES.

Alteration
The School of Alteration is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School concerns itself with magicka's ablity to change, often radically, the structure and composition of any object. Unlike the School of Illusion, Alterations deals with actual change, not the appearance of it.

Destruction
The School of Destruction is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School is concerned with the purely destructive capabilities of magicka, evident in spells like Fireball and Acidic Field.

Illusion
The School of Illusion is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School works with magicka in it's capacity to camouflage, illuminate, or obscure without changing an object's structure.

Mysticism
The School of Mysticism is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School experiments with the most arcane aspects of magicka and expanding these "accidents" into a useful if eclectic range of spells. Because the forces being manipulated by Mysticism are dangerous and unknown, the spell effects are purposefully specific. (This actually made Mysticism more like D&D's "Wild Magic")

Restoration
The School of Restoration is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School is devoted to the salubrious and soothing powers of magicka, evident in spells like Cure Poison and Troll's Blood.

Thaumaturgy
The School of Thaumaturgy is one of the six avenues of magical study. This School concentrates on exposing or manipulating known forces and objects within their natural laws. It is evident in spells like Levitation and Detection. No Thaumaturgical spell can permanently change the appearance or structure of a force or object. (This spell school is pretty much unknown by the vast majority of today's TES fans, as it was only present in TES II: Daggerfall, before TES series was famous.)

Detect life was under alteration in the demo.

I believe illusion. It makes the most sense really. Remember the stealth magic perk under illusion? Perfect for both of those spells.