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On the day of knowledge, the "Blog of our city" decided to go to virtual tour the most unusual schools in the world.

Now there are 21 schools in Tobolsk. None of them fall under the category of unusual, which may be for the best. In Russia, strange schools are also tight, so most of the schools on our list are located abroad.

But alone amazing school in Russia there is still a nomadic school "Keneleken" in Yakutia.

It is a branch of Kharyyalakh high school Oleneksky Evenki national region. At each new nomad camp, in addition to the usual structures, a school tent now also appears. Children study according to a specially drawn up schedule. Homework and tests are received via the Internet - all schools for the children of reindeer herders within the framework of the national project have access to satellite Internet. After completion, they are sent back for verification.

Terraset Underground School is located in Reston, Virginia, USA.

The educational institution appeared in the mid-1970s, and it was driven underground by the energy crisis that raged then in North America. The regime of the most severe energy saving was introduced in the country. The town of Reston, however, needed new school. Local authorities invited designers and they came up with a miracle school. They leveled the hill, erected a building, and then covered it with earth. Natural earth cover warms up the walls. And in order, on the contrary, to cool the room, solar collectors were installed above the hill. In contrast to the history of the creation of Terraset, the process of learning at school can hardly be called original. This is a junior school with a traditional set of subjects for the USA.

cave school. Guizhou Province, China.

Now this school is closed, but from 1984 to 2011 it was actively working. So unusual educational institution did not come from a good life. Guizhou Province is one of the poorest in China. In conditions of total poverty, residents managed to organize school leisure for children. Simple barracks were built in the cave, desks were set up and the class was ready. Eight teachers worked in the cave school, for 27 years they taught several hundred children. But in 2011, officials felt that the primitive look of the school was causing irreparable damage to the country's image. Educational institution closed. Now it is visited only by tourists. A school to replace it was never built.

The transport school "De Kleine kapitein" from industrial containers is located in Dutch Amsterdam.

The school was built in 2009 as a temporary one. built up new neighborhood and there was an urgent need for student accommodation. And when time and money were found for the construction of a fundamental building, the residents unanimously spoke in favor of leaving the school. Yes, and economically profitable: suddenly they decide to build another house, so the containers can be easily and quickly transported. And you don’t need to spend money on a global repair, I refreshed the colors and order.

The floating school Kompong Luong is located in Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia.

Kompong Luong is not only the name of the school, but of the whole small village. The uniqueness of this locality in that houses, shops, cafes and a school are located on the surface of the lake. For students, the floating school has become a second home in literally of this word - mostly orphans learn in it. This is where they live. Many of their parents died while fishing. The institution exists only on donations from local residents and tourists. Each a new group floods schoolchildren with toys, stationery and sweets. Students organize a fair where they sell surplus donated items. The proceeds are spent on maintaining the home-school hearth.

School of monolithic domes, Arizona, USA

If you look at this school, it seems that it was built extraterrestrial civilization, too, it does not look like ordinary earthly buildings. And her name is the most appropriate - "border elementary School". Its structure - a monolithic dome - has recently been a very popular construction method due to the low cost of materials and the strength of the structure. First, a round concrete base was installed, on which a dome of the required size was then blown out and fixed with various materials, including concrete.

In New Mexico there is a school of pleasant interaction with the world.

To get here, you need to win the lottery. The approach to the learning process at school is no less original. The program is based on the latest neurological research, according to which the key to good learning is a positive atmosphere and active involvement. The school has standard general education subjects, but first of all, children are taught how to interact with the outside world and everyday skills: sewing, cooking, gardening.

In the Canadian city of Toronto there is a school without the ALPHA discipline.

In an educational institution there are no grades, no strict schedule, no homework. Students themselves decide how to spend the school day and what classes to attend. Classes are formed not by age, but by interests: along with mathematics and spelling, there are classes in modeling, cooking and even elementary philosophy. The task of teachers is simply not to interfere.

In Copenhagen, Denmark, there is the Orestad Gymnasium in the open space style.

High school students who are going to receive higher education in the field of media. There are no separate classrooms in the building. All students study in one huge room. The luxurious spiral staircase that connects the four levels of the gymnasium is called the heart of the building by the students. During breaks, they lie on colorful cushions and look at the ceiling, decorated with round lamps, reminiscent of a starry sky. Wireless Internet is available throughout the school.

The online college of magic is located in the state of California, USA.

71-year-old Oberon Zell-Ravenheart is the founder, director and teacher of the School of Wizardry, which is officially recognized as an academic institution. Students are distributed, according to their character, into four faculties: Wind, Mermaids, Salamanders and Dwarves. School course designed for seven years of study. Compulsory disciplines - 16. Among them: alchemy, conversations with animals, spells and work with magic wand. There is also a special course for advanced magicians - protection from dark forces. Today, 735 students study at the school. To enter there, you need to know for sure that you are a sorcerer and pay an entrance fee of 25 dollars. So far, all teaching is done remotely, but the director plans to buy an empty castle in Montana and open a school of Magic there.

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Nowadays, innovations affect all spheres of human life - including education. Modern educational institutions do not coincide with the generally accepted idea of ​​\u200b\u200bthe "classical school" - they use new technologies and develop unusual teaching methods. And among the most innovative schools there is diversity: some rely on individual approach others allow students to create their own curriculum. A gender-equal gymnasium, iPads for fourth-graders, a school that travels from country to country - parents who want to send their children to an unusual school have plenty to choose from.

Summit Sierra School in Seattle, USA

Opened in 2015, Summit Sierra, a private school, sees the personalized approach as one of the most effective ways learning. Here are used Newest technologies to enable students to take charge of their own learning. Every day, children spend 30 minutes reading, 30 minutes solving math problems, take online courses, talk with mentors about their careers and life goals. By taking an active part in their own education, children learn responsibility and self-confidence. Bill Gates sees this approach as the education system of the future.



Ørestad Gymnasium in Copenhagen, Denmark

The Ørestad Gymnasium, which has 358 students, is a huge glass cube. Open space should help children communicate with each other and teach them to think creatively in different areas of life. Students are actively involved in the learning process, they themselves form working groups and temporary classes, sometimes headed by a teacher. “We want our students to do collaborative research and work together to solve real problems. It is not enough to give them knowledge, you also need to teach them how to apply this knowledge in practice,” the leaders of the gymnasium believe.



Big picture Learning, USA

A special model of education in this school blurs the line between study and work. At the forefront are always the preferences of the students. From the very beginning, children learn under the guidance of mentors - professionals from the field in which the students would like to someday work.



Egalia in Stockholm, Sweden

The education system at Egalia School is based on complete equality between students. This should help shape the future of a society without discrimination based on religious views, age, gender, sexual orientation and disability. This approach is used by teachers among themselves, in communication with children and their parents. At school, the pronouns “he” and “she” are not used, children are called by name. This is how students learn to judge each other on the basis of actions, and not in accordance with generally accepted stereotypes.



AltSchool in San Francisco, USA

The learning model in AltSchool is fundamentally different from the traditional education system. Standard testing is not used here, and children are taught to think flexibly - so it will be easier for them to adapt to changes in the world in the future. Students work with 3D modeling and learn how to solve real problems. Priority is given to social-emotional learning. The school is attended by children aged 4 to 14 years. AltSchool was first opened in 2013 in San Francisco. Branches are already operating in Brooklyn and Palo Alto. In the future, schools of this type will be opened throughout America.



Sra Pou Vocational School, Cambodia

The school was designed by a Finnish architectural agency. The local community took an active part in the construction, for which the institutions were built. So people were able to learn how to translate their ideas into reality and gained practical experience in construction. Sra Pou Vocational School empowers locals and their children to gain independence. Instead of working in low-paying jobs, they can learn all about the prices of their goods and sell them themselves. When the building is not in use as a school, public meetings are held in it.



Steve Jobs School in Amsterdam, Netherlands

At the Steve Jobs School, all students from grades 4 to 12 receive an iPad for personal use, which already has the applications necessary to create an individual learning plan. Each child chooses goals and draws up his own program, which can be adjusted every six weeks by the student himself, his parents or mentors (the word "teacher" is not in use here). Therefore, children do not have to adapt to a rigid system and can work at their own pace.



Brightworks School in San Francisco, USA

At Brightworks School, children are allowed to do everything that parents usually forbid. Moreover, the curriculum is formed from these prohibitions. Here you can get dirty, play with fire, disassemble household appliances into parts - and all this in one and the same day. The school is located in a large warehouse, where makeshift fortresses and theaters have been built and there is everything necessary for creativity. “The world needs people who like to create rather than consume, who see difficulties as fun puzzles, and who have creativity and perseverance to change the surrounding social and economic realities,” the founders of the school believe.



Carpe Diem/Aiken, USA

The space of the school is more like an office than a classroom - 300 small rooms with a computer and everything necessary for learning for each student. In this way children are prepared for life after school. Carpe Diem students read three times as many as their peers from other schools and have shown for four years in a row top scores for general testing in Arizona.



Blue School/New York, USA

Creativity is at the forefront of the school, which was founded by the performance group Blue Man Group. The spirit of the founders brought its quirkiness and love of research to the learning process. As part of the curriculum, children come up with ways to improve the recycling of materials, create 3D models of New York, and repair household appliances. The "dynamic learning" system nurtures creative innovators and helps children of all ages implement their ideas.



THINK Global School

Even though THINK Global School is headquartered in New York, the school has no walls per se. Students spend each semester in a different country, studying natural Sciences, local culture and literature. The students spent the fall of 2014 in Costa Rica, and in the spring of 2015 they sailed from island to island in the Ionian Sea, delved into ancient Greek philosophy, and studied ancient art and literature. In each country, students also carry out charitable projects and work in local communities. THINK Global School is the ideal school for parents who want their child to become a citizen of the world.

Modern schoolchildren against gray buildings and ordinary classrooms, as well as specialists from the Rosan Bosch architectural studio. It was they who developed and implemented the project of the educational institution Vittra Södermalm, which is located in Stockholm. This is one of the most unusual and interesting schools peace.

The first thing that attracts attention is the bright colors and their absolutely unexpected combination: black, red, yellow, blue...

There are no separate classrooms and an office for teachers. To combine study and leisure, classes at Vittra Södermalm are held in stands with steps. During the lesson, children can sit on them as it suits them. Such a device resembles an ancient amphitheater.

After looking at the photo, you will be convinced that this unusual school does not have attributes that everyone considers indispensable for the school. Guess what it's about? Of course, about the blackboard and chalk!

The school has large tables for group classes, bright conference rooms, and small cozy corners for teachers. But during the break, the students rest on sofas - small holes in the wall. It is interesting to spend time in the library in such an unusual school. It looks like a huge black box. There are books, magazines, laptops - everything you need in the learning process.

The dining room at the school is also made in an unconventional style, with children sitting on high bar stools at brightly colored drop tables. And, of course, you can not do without a healthy breakfast and a delicious hearty lunch.

Gymnasium on the principle of open space inDenmark

Gymnasium Orestand is located in the capital of Denmark - Copenhagen. The peculiarity of this educational institution is an unusual principle of construction - open space. This means that the school is a continuous open space, where there are no classrooms, no partitions, no doors. Classes are separated from each other by a conditional boundary. In 2007, the building of the gymnasium was recognized as the best in Scandinavia.

Only high school students who dream of working in the media study in the Orestand gymnasium. Thanks to the wireless Internet, high school students communicate every day in real and virtual space.

The "heart" of the building is the large twisted steps. They serve as a kind of connection between the four levels of the gymnasium.

During the break in the recreation area, students have the opportunity to “roll” on large bright pillows.

As conceived by the designers, such an interior contributes to the development of creativity and independence in gaining knowledge.

Adventure School inUSA

Studying at the American Watershed School is really a continuous multi-year adventure.

When studying traditional subjects - mathematics and English - classes are held in classrooms. But during geography or biology they organize educational expeditions. Teachers consider this method of teaching the most productive. So, for children, they constantly organize a trip to the forest and rowing in kayaks. In physical education, children have the opportunity to ride mountain bikes and play frisbee. And besides traditional sports, they also practice yoga.

Teachers encourage students to develop their talents. The students of this unusual school create rock bands, assemble robots and write scripts for video games.

Transportation school from industrial containers

De Kleine kapitein is a school in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. This school is unusual in that it consists entirely of industrial containers.

This educational institution was created in 2009 quite by accident. With the start of a new school year it turned out that due to the rapid growth of the population, children from new microdistricts simply have nowhere to study. And so the idea arose to make a school out of multi-colored "cubes".

De Kleine kapitein was supposed to be only a temporary teaching space, but the parents liked this unusual school so much that they decided to leave it.

Colored houses are easy to rearrange from place to place. In addition, such a room does not need special repairs.

Underground school in the USA

Terraset Elementary School is located in the small town of Reston (USA). It was built in the mid 1970s. At that time, an energy crisis reigned in the country, so an energy austerity regime was introduced here. It is clear that sufficient heating of schools was impossible. For this reason, one of the most unusual schools of the world - Terraset. This educational institution is located underground, as this natural covering helps to keep the heat indoors.

Today, Terraset is not only a school, but also an outstanding tourist attraction in the city.

Although the school is unusual in its own way appearance, the learning process here is traditional. junior schoolchildren study the same subjects as in other US schools.

School in the form of a bookshelf in Georgia

The facade of the school in the city of Zugdidi resembles a shelf with huge books. If you look closely at the photo, you will notice that there is even a Kobzar by Taras Shevchenko here. You will also find here works by Honore de Balzac, George Byron and outstanding Georgian classics.

Since much attention is paid here to the study of natural sciences - physics, chemistry, biology - the school is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment inside.

Ichnyanskaya "School of Health"

You probably think that unusual schools exist only abroad? But no! In Ukraine, in the village of Ichnya, Chernihiv region, there is also a school that is not like the others. Children who study here never get sick and do not know what quarantine is. Will you ask why? Because here they have developed and successfully apply a special teaching methodology that helps to improve the health of children. Classes at the school are organized so that children sit as little as possible and move more. For example, when studying the multiplication table, students jump. It turned out that thanks to this, the material is absorbed better.

To promote health in this unusual school, the following teaching methods are used:

• so that the children sit evenly at their desks, bags of salt are placed on their heads;
• during a lesson in the lower grades, the teacher asks to answer the question by throwing a ball to the child;
• at each lesson, physical education is carried out at least 5 times;
• around the neck of each student hangs a container from under the "Kinder" with garlic;
• on the windowsill there is always onion and garlic - natural medicines to improve health.

I wonder which of these schools would you like to visit?

Most schools are no different from each other and, it would seem, what could be special about them? But to convince you otherwise, we have created a ranking of the best schools in the world and will tell you about each of them.

Surely, you have seen in the movies what the most expensive and elite schools in the world are like, where everything is so beautiful and where it is so difficult to get into. Let's take a closer look at them and think about whether it's really cool to study in them.

The best school in the world: selection criteria

When it comes to ratings, it is always important to understand who decides that something is better than another. For whom is it better? What's better? After all, you can sincerely believe that your school is the most wonderful and beautiful, because it has the kindest and most sensitive teachers and the most cheerful and understanding classmates. And you will be absolutely right. Indeed, the ratings usually include the most expensive and elite schools in which representatives of famous families. But it is always interesting to open the veil of secrecy and find out how it happens there.

The most elite schools: ranking

1st place: Le Rosy school, Roll, Switzerland

This oldest school in Switzerland was founded in 1880. For many years it was a privileged school for boys, but since 1967 girls have been admitted to it. Students live in a real palace on the lake, they have a library, computer classes, a theater, an art studio, a laboratory, a gym, tennis courts, swimming pools, a football field, a rugby field, volleyball and basketball courts at their disposal on 30 hectares of land owned by school.

The Le Rosy School is often referred to as the "School of the Kings" because the most a large number of students from the royal dynasties.

And in winter the whole school moves to a winter residence in Gstaad - ski resort. There, the territory is equipped no worse: tennis courts, a fitness center, sports grounds, a climbing wall. And, of course, everything you need for training and recreation for students

But this is not a resort at all. Despite the exorbitant cost of education and star students, the school is famous for its iron discipline.

2nd Place: Eton College, Windsor, England

The famous British Eton is a pass to the world of big politics and culture. This school was founded, scary to imagine, in 1440! She is known far beyond the UK. Eton has always been under the auspices of the royal house and was originally designed for only 70 students - boys from the most noble families. There was no question of any domestic comfort: all the children lived in the same room, damp and cold, separated by only a few partitions. Subjected to strict discipline. Lessons started at 6 o'clock. For 500 years, Eton could not help but change. Today there are more than a thousand students. And while damp common rooms have replaced modern dormitories, Eton's atmosphere is one of the harshest schools known. The curriculum is compiled for each student individually, depending on the future specialization and, frankly, is very difficult. Lessons last almost the whole day.

Eton is perhaps the most famous school in the world. Famous graduates of the school of the century become politicians, writers and prominent people in all walks of life.

But Etonians do not live by lessons alone. The college is known for athletic achievement. The famous phrase of the Duke of Wellington "The Battle of Waterloo was won on the sports grounds of Eton" fully reflects the meaning of the Eton competitions. Their task is to bring up a true gentleman in battles and battles. And the main purpose of a gentleman is to lead people in the hour of trials.

But since, as before, Eton is still a boys-only college, the third place in our ranking is occupied by an equally famous school for girls.

3rd place: Benenden School, Kent, England

Only girls can study at Benenden School. It was founded not so long ago, when compared with the rest - in 1929. By British standards, she is young and progressive, because she is not yet a hundred years old! The main task of the school is to grow girls into leaders of our century. Therefore, in addition to stressful curriculum, future ladies are trained in diplomatic skills, ballet, horseback riding, archery. The school has a famous drama school theater, where each of the 500 girls can become a real actress.

And on the vast grounds of the estate there are many courses and workshops for every hobby and entertainment imaginable. The main thing is to have enough time for everything that you want to do.

The famous society of graduates of Beningen is the ideal of female friendship. For many years, girls, girls, women from school help each other, and simply continue to communicate and maintain school friendships.

Graduates of this school feel confident in any situation - from admission to best universities peace to diplomatic receptions. Whatever you say, but raising 100% self-confidence is the main thing for a lady.

The best schools in the world: the main principles of education

To get a good education, it is not at all necessary to study in a very expensive private school, it is much more valuable that management adhere to important educational principles. The best teachers and psychologists visit the most famous schools in the world to highlight their main features:

Which school did you like the most? Would you like to study there?

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It is quite normal for our realities to hate your school, to passionately not want to wake up in the morning and attend classes.

But what would happen if you had a decent choice, a good alternative? What do we mean by a good alternative?

We meet a list of the strangest schools in the world, in which it would be interesting to be at least for one day.

It is unlikely that those who are afraid of the dark or confined spaces will like it here, because the Dongzhong School, in the Chinese province of Guizhou, teaches kids inside a cave.

However, the leaders of this "institution" did not choose their place of their own free will. This poorest province was not able to allocate even a separate building for the school, so the inhabitants of the village found a peculiar solution to the problem.

Now the school has 8 teachers and about 200 students. Some of them have to get to school 2-3 hours. But isn't it worth it?

The World Ocean occupies such a huge area that it would be a sin not to use its area for peaceful purposes.

Today, there are entire cities of houseboats. For example, in Bangladesh this moment there are more than 100 floating schools. And for this area, this is a completely reasonable and justified decision.

The fact is that severe floods occur quite often in this country. In order not to waste time and energy on restoring housing, so that floods do not cause children to miss school, the authorities solved the problem in such an unusual, but very effective way.

Today, Bangladesh decided to similarly transform other important government agencies. Now there are floating hospitals, and ordinary residential buildings, and the same unusual schools. At the same time, educational and medical institutions are equipped with everything necessary: ​​powerful solar panels for generating electricity, computers with the Internet, and even libraries.

This weird school is right on the platform railway station in India. Moreover, more than 4,000 children across the country study this way. Despite the pity and negativity that we feel when looking at these facts, the students of these schools are very proud of their studies.

The fact is that many children are the only way to get a secondary education. And it was made possible for them by the teacher Inderjeet Khurana, who created an organization to help the children of the poor across the country.

Thanks to the activities, children learn to read and write on the railway platform, as well as receive free medicines and food. And at the same time, no one obliges anyone - at any time the student can leave if he wants to. Probably, it was this fact of free attendance that made such a school one of the 5 most unusual schools in the world.

This place is considered one of the safest on earth. Abo Underground School Can Endure nuclear explosion with an impact power of 20 megatons.

An educational institution established in 1962 in the United States of America could be used as a bomb shelter. At that time, people were afraid that cold war end in nuclear war.

Above the ground (or rather, on the roof of the school) is only a playground. All other premises are located under meters of the earth. An autonomous generator is used to generate electricity. There are even decontamination showers and a mortuary. Water can be obtained if necessary. And the air conditioning system is equipped with powerful filters.

However, the school building is currently empty. In 1995, the building was closed, as the government no longer saw nuclear threats, but the maintenance of this facility cost the authorities a pretty penny.

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Do you think you're out of luck with your school? Then what can you say about these poor little things - the little inhabitants of the mountainous Chinese village of Gulu? To get to their class, they have to overcome a difficult winding mountain road, go through a lot of narrow passages between rocks and pass 7 wooden bridges over the abyss, which can break at any moment.

Despite all these obstacles, children love their school very much, where only 1 teacher works. Agree, this institution deserves to be included in the list of the 20 most unusual schools in the world, and its students - to become the most purposeful and hardworking.

Even the most unusual schools in Moscow cannot boast of loyal attitudes towards teenagers with non-traditional sexual orientation.

But Harvey Milk's New York School can! Of course, the founder educational institution was gay. Faced with all the "charms" of a teenager with a non-traditional sexual orientation, he decided to ease the torment of other outcast children like him.

Well, since this most ancient profession still exists, why not finally organize a specialized institution where real professionals in their field would begin to share their experience with the younger generation growing up to replace them?

So, in Valencia, the most real school for prostitutes has finally started working. Here this craft is considered completely legal, so in 202 the authorities decided to open the Trabaggio Ya school, which became the cradle of more than 300,000 priestesses of love working today.

Here, moths receive the most up-to-date knowledge about the most effective methods that can be used in sexual practice.

True, training here does not last like everywhere else. Night butterflies become graduates of the school within a week after the start of training. During this time, professional women study theory and practice, learn business skills that will be useful to them in their work.

Education is paid - those who wish will have to pay about 120 euros for the course.

In this Philadelphia school, no one uses books and notebooks - all education is completely computerized. Tablets, computers, interactive whiteboards, digital lockers, ID cards - these are the technologies used by students and teachers.

Today this institution is considered one of the most modern, successful and prestigious.

Here the students themselves decide what to do in the classroom. Brooklyn High School has no curricula, nor verification work. Even homework is not familiar to those who are lucky enough to study at this school.

The children themselves decide which class they will go to today and which lesson they will take. All school rules created by children. Children can walk, sleep, study, play at any time. They are their own teachers - adults in this school are needed only to coordinate the educational process.

The purpose of this educational institution is to help children find their own path, not to go through it instead of the child.

With more than 40,000 children, this American school will help you learn the basics of magic and witchcraft. Nothing surprising - just boys and girls moving around with the help of a broom and with black caps on their heads.

There are many amazing things in the world, you just have to look around and notice it. For example, did you know that there are people very close to you who are ready to write any academic work instead of you? And by the way, they are.