In these eccentric schools are not taught to read, write or count.
But this train future elves and Santa Claus, gladiators, and mages.
The school elves (Reykjavik, Iceland)
According to surveys, about 50% of the population of Iceland believes in elves. This faith is so important to Icelandic culture that the placement of boulders inhabited by “little people” are taken into account in the construction of roads. So it is not surprising that there is an entire school devoted to the study of these small secretive people. Located in the city of Reykjavik, “School of elves” offers a five-hour crash course on the elves of Iceland. It includes a tour of famous places of their habitat, dressing up in national costumes of the elves, as well as identify the 13 types of elves in the wild. The training ends with a Breakfast of coffee and pancakes and issuance of diploma that says trained as an official expert on elf.
Research center of witchcraft (new York, USA)
Research center of sorcery (Conjuring Arts Research Center is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of magic and its allied arts, which include psychic phenomenon, hypnosis, tricks in gambling, mentalism, ventriloquism, juggling and sleight of hand. This is a small library that is housed in an unmarked office building. Arriving at a research meeting with a librarian of the Centre, you can view the collection of rare books on magic, but no more than two hours at a time. If you are lucky, you can even watch some illusions in the hands of a magician.
School of physics “common sense”, Larry of Spring (Fort Bragg, USA)
Larry spring (Larry Spring), a former pilot and a ham radio operator, founded his own school of physics “common sense”. Simply put, Larry teaches to look at the physics based on the idea that light is neither a particle nor a wave, and “Ministero” or a purely magnetic field of alternating polarity, which moves the electrons. Physicist-Amateur gives lessons, worked for decades. Although he was never accepted in the scientific community, the school, Larry is now a Museum dedicated to his theory.
Farm corpses (Knoxville, USA)
On the farm of corpses at the University of Tennessee (University of Tennessee’s Body Farm) are not producing the body, but studying them. A small plot of land in Knoxville is owned by the Department of anthropology and forensic medical examination, which examines human remains. This is a difficult area of research, given that the majority of corpses or controlled by the state or next of kin. However, when bodies are donated to science, there is a chance that they will eventually be on the farm of corpses. Here they are left outdoors, or partially buried, or placed on trees or drown under water in any place of the world where the bodies of dead people can end up to be. Thus, anthropologists can examine what is happening to them for a long time.
School climbing trees (Oregon, USA)
Tom Kovar Tom Kovar) likes to climb trees, what he does for a living that teaches others how to do it. Master instructor climbing trees, Kovar teaches how to tie knots, safely to hang sleeping hammocks, and carefully climb up trees. He conducts classes on their own farmland. Although it may seem like some kind of Playground for adults with Peter pan syndrome, Kovar courses really are serious about preparing for professionals, such as Park workers and researchers of nature. Also, there are lessons for civilians who just want to climb as the professionals.
The Monroe Institute (Faber, USA)
If you believe the descriptions of these courses, it is the only school in the world dedicated to the release of his own body. We can argue about the effectiveness of the techniques of the founder of the school, Robert Monroe. Institute of Monroe (Monroe Institute) offers training in areas such as “journeys out of the body”, “the Use of hypnosis to revive the past”, which are quite eloquent. Even if you do not believe in parapsychology Monroe, the Monroe Institute offers education for psychologists, counselors and therapists.
School Santa Claus (Midland, USA)
For more seasonal oriented education, you can visit the school Santa Claus to them. Charles W. Howard, The Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School). Founded in 1937, it is the oldest school for Santa clauses in the world. It is also considered to be the best, for which he earned the name “Harvard for Sant. Training is dedicated to preserving the traditions and history of Santa Claus. Here comes with the right clothes and makeup, use of radio and television, provide the skills and experience of communicating with living deer. The school building is located in a wooded area of the state Michigan looks like a house at the North pole. Gingerbread color of the exterior and interior “Christmas workshop” sets the right tone for an intensive three-day courses, held at the end of October – the beginning of the Christmas season.
Parkour Academy (Los Angeles, USA)
Tempest Freerunning Academy is a Paradise of parkour, run by Los Angeles-based group of professional frilanserov who starred in action movies and television commercials. They have created a huge space full of walls, ramps and pillars to run, jump and climb. They offer courses for beginners frilanserov and parkour for tracers. This is for those who are doing flips and jumps on the roofs, rather than choosing the path of a bouncer.
Gladiatorial school (Rome, Italy)
Iacoboni Sergio (Sergio Iacomoni), also known as “Nero”, run by a private, historically accurate Gladiator school in Rome. It offers lectures and classes for potential warriors of all ages, ready to fight. The students learn to properly wield shields and swords,ignoring the fatigue and dust.
Students who graduated from the school of gladiators.
