PECULIAR AND UNIQUE SCHOOLS
Added on: 23rd Jun 2016
ZHONGDONG CAVE SCHOOL
Guizhou is one of the poorest provinces in China. Water and
food shortages due to massive desertification and drought
have left the region often struggling to keep its people alive.
Despite these shortcomings, the Miao people of southern
Guizhou made the best of their situation by opening an
elementary school in a cave, aptly named Mid-Cave Primary School.
The school opened in 1984, and at its peak employed eight
teachers who taught 186 students who would otherwise
have no education.
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.
DELPHIAN SCHOOL
Delphian was founded in the 1970’s 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 modelling and staring matches, while some of the most
famous celebrities, such as Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman,
have trusted their kids’ education to it.
TRAIN PLATFORM SCHOOLS
India is home to nearly half a billion children, many of whom
live in extreme poverty and unfortunately, many of them
don’t have access to an education. A schoolteacher, Inderjit
Khurana, who took the train on a daily basis to work, knew
these children couldn’t afford school and without education
they would not be able to elevate themselves out of poverty.
So she decided to take the school to these children and thus
was born the “train platform school,” with the formation of
the Ruchika Social Service Organization in 1985. Inderjit
passed away on October 26, 2010, but the organization
she left as her legacy continues to work toward educating
children through these schools.
THE BLUE SCHOOL
This coeducational, secondary school might not have books,
but it still costs about $32,000 a year to attend. However, many
parents have pulled their kids out of this Manhattan elementary
school, which runs from kindergarten to fifth grade, because it
reportedly focuses too much on games and doesn’t teach the
children to read, but in all honesty that’s something one would
have to consider before sending their kids to a school
without books.
FDNY HIGH SCHOOL FOR FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY
The FDNY High School works in collaboration with the NYC Fire
Department to offer an exceptional educational institution while
introducing the occupational benefits of the Fire Services and
Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Upon passing the New York
State EMS Certification Exam in the twelfth grade, the students
have the opportunity to roll into a full-time position with the
fire department.
THE BOAT SCHOOLS OF BANGLADESH
Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world and for
that reason has limited natural resources and is now strongly
impacted by climate change, which makes it difficult for the
people to help their communities. However, its people are
really creative and managed to overcome the challenges that
the country’s ecosystem poses by transforming the region’s
waterways into pathways for education, information, and
technology. So instead of buildings they have converted
boats into schools, libraries, and healthcare and training
centres for the isolated waterside communities.
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 ($112)
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.
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