STRANGE UNIQUE SCHOOLS
Added on: 3rd Jan 2016
WALDORF SCHOOLS
Waldorf education is based on the educational philosophy of
Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy. The pedagogy
emphasizes the role of the imagination in learning, striving to
integrate holistically the intellectual, practical, and artistic
development of pupils.
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!
STRATTON MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
What would you think if we told you there’s a school that focuses
on the Winter Olympics? Apparently, Stratton Mountain School in
Stratton, Vermont, defines itself as a “winter sports academy.”
And they are serious about it since the school has sent fifty-three
students to the Olympics, while ninety have been on
national US teams.
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.
PLAY MOUNTAIN PLACE
Play Mountain Place is a child-centred, humanistic, progressive,
alternative, experiential, play-based preschool and elementary school
located in Los Angeles. For over sixty-five years, children have
been encouraged to discover the joys of learning through their
own interest, at their own pace, all while being supported by the
deepest respect for their dignity and worth. It’s all about self-motivation
in this school while programming and standard lessons (history,
maths, and grammar) have a secondary role.
NAROPA UNIVERSITY
Naropa University is a private liberal arts college in Boulder,
Colorado. Founded in 1974 by the Tibetan Buddhist
Chögyam Trungpa, it is named for the eleventh-century Indian
Buddhist sage Naropa, an abbot of Nalanda. Naropa promotes
non-traditional activities like meditation to supplement
traditional learning approaches.
MAHARISHI SCHOOL OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment is an independent
college preparatory school located in Fairfield, Iowa. The school has
an open admissions policy and its curriculum includes the practice
of transcendental meditation as well as traditional academic subjects
and a course in the science of creative intelligence. Despite being
an unusual school, its students have received numerous awards
in state, national, and international competitions for science, the arts,
creativity, and athletics, with the boys’ tennis team winning
multiple national titles.
HARVEY MILK HIGH SCHOOL
The Harvey Milk High School is a public high school in the East Village
of New York City designed for, though not limited to, gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender youth, as well as those questioning their
sexuality. It is named after San Francisco, California, supervisor
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to office.
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.
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