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10 facts about education
1. The oldest of the existing universities - this is not the Sorbonne and Cambridge. This Muslim University Karaouine, founded in 859 AD. e. in the Moroccan city of Fez.
2. Which school has the most children? In the 2003/2004 academic year at the City Montessori School in Lucan (India) was recorded a record number of students - 27 911.
3. the oldest PhD became Edizabet Eychelbaum (USA). She received a diploma of the doctor at the age of 90 years 58 days.
4. The longest managed to learn a Robert Cronin from the UK. He began to study biology at Princeton University, the fevralya1948 9 and end on 30 May 2000 and thus studied for 52 years. At the time of graduation he was '72 272 days. Naturally, he immediately promoted to the rank of an elderly university graduate.
5. The biggest reunion was held on the 100th anniversary of the school in Germany. The meeting gathered 2521 graduate.
6. The biggest break before the first reunion arranged former pupils of a kindergarten and school Miss Blanche Miller in West Virginia (USA). They met for the first time in 70 years the field of graduation. However, the meeting did not come all. 45% of graduates at the time of the meeting have already died.
7. The most loyal to their school were graduates of high school in Cherokee County in 1929 Every year, they will arrange meetings. On the 74 th anniversary of the release in 2003 of the 30 survivors of graduates come 9.
8. The most expensive training course is considered to be a course at the International School for young ladies and gentlemen Ayvloa Spencer (UK). Month course at the school are from 77 £ 500 or more. Students live in the best hotels in London, visit the opera and ballet, and take etiquette lessons.
9. The longest lesson lasted from 15 to 17 April 2003 in the state high school Laidlaw (Queensland, Australia). Professor Marie Burrows gave a lecture on the biology of the class of 26 students 54 hours in a row.
10. The largest in the history professor's fee was Dr. Roland Dant in Chicago,. Illinois, USA, for the students to read 1-2 June 1986 2-day course on Hypnotherapy. He was paid 3.08 million dollars.
Source: www.radioc.ru
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