10 WEIRDEST Schools You Won't Believe Exist
Education—to most of us anyway—is important as it helps us develop our ability to reason.
But before we say more and ruin it for you, here are 10 Strangely Unique Schools You Won’t
Believe Exist.
10.
Tiny Tits School
Even though nothing’s really weird when it comes to this school’s agenda or nature,
its name gives it a naughty character.
Wouldn’t you feel strange saying you graduated from Tiny Tits School?
Be honest!
9.
Hamburger University
Hamburger University was founded in 1961 by Ray Kroc to teach the secrets of McDonald’s
to eager minds.
The first university is located in Oak Brook, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, but
it has since spread to Tokyo, London, Sydney and Shanghai.
And before you laugh about the whole thing keep in mind that getting into Harvard is
currently easier than in McDonald’s University in China, since less than one percent of the
applicants will eventually be accepted there.
8.
Gulu Elementary School
Gulu is a remote Chinese mountain village located in a national park filled with canyons,
precipices, and overhanging rocks.
The village’s primary school is probably the most remote in the world.
Lying halfway up a mountain, it takes five hours to climb from the base to the school.
7.
Burgess Hill School
This experimental UK based school that was found back in the rebellious sixties definitely
deserves a mention since it was one of the most “progressive” schools worldwide,
especially if one takes into account how strict British life was back then.
This school allowed its students to do pretty much whatever they wanted.
Fancy a cigarette during class?
No problem.
Plow through the school grounds on a motorbike?
Ditto.
6.
Brooklyn Free School
Brooklyn Free School’s mission is education geared toward social justice.
It engages students and staff in democratic decision making and problem solving.
The school has no grades, no tests, and no compulsory classes or homework.
Furthermore, students are free to leave classes as they please.
5.
Walt Disney Elementary
In the mid-1950s, some children—who apparently loved Disney films way too much—at the public
elementary school in Levittown, Pennsylvania, were given the opportunity to name their school
after a public figure.
When Disney found out about this honor, he decided to send artists to decorate the school.
Half a century later this school is still “all things Disney,” with classrooms and
hallways devoted to Disney characters.
4.
School of the Future
The Philadelphia School of the Future aims to explore ways to better prepare students
for success in our digital world and global economy.
They accomplish this by forgoing text books and instead applying technological tools such
as computers for students, OneNote for note taking, and computerized smart boards for
teachers.
They even have digital lockers that uses a student’s ID card as a key.
3.
Witch School
Witch School is a Wiccan school offering both online courses as well as courses on their
two campuses in Chicago, Illinois, and Salem, Massachusetts.
As the name suggest, this is a place where witchcraft is taught.
2.
Delphian School
Delphian was founded in the 1970s by a group of educators who shared a dream of transforming
education.
It is an independent, coeducational day and boarding school located in Sheridan, Oregon,
and is open to students from around the world.
Inside this secretive and very expensive “Scientology school” students are taught through clay
modeling and staring matches, while some of the most famous celebrities, such as Tom Cruise
and Nicole Kidman, have trusted their kids’ education to it.
1.
Trabajo Ya School
This is literally a school like no other; one that offers professional instruction in
how to sell your body.
For about a €100 fee, pupils at Trabajo Ya, which means “Work Now,” in Valencia,
Spain, are offered a “basic course in professional prostitution with maximum discretion.”
However, Spain’s first prostitution school still faces legal challenges from campaigners
seeking to close it amid growing public concern.