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Amish Awareness Session #2Early ____________________________ (Childhood)1.Birtha.Amish families have an average of seven children per family, although it is not uncommon for some families to have between thirteen and sixteen children.b.Children are often born at home and in birthing centers for the following reasons:•__________________ (Cost) - Amish do not carry medical insurance, and since most have 7-16 children, hospital bills can become quite expensive•___________________ (Comfort)

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decisions, and drink the regrets away. “Growing Up Amish” by Ira Wagler is taken back to the 1970s and follows into the 1980s about an amish boy named Ira Wagler. Yes, the author is the main character making this book actually a memoir. This book was taken place in Canada, in a small amish town named Aylmer, which is pretty close to London, Ontario. Growing up, Ira always was taught the traditional amish ways, but in that path through the amish world, he found himself becoming lost. Not physically

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Dominance: The Amish society and the Medieval Sagas When you think of male dominance what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Do you think of a wife obeying her husband, do you think about children obeying their fathers, how about men dominating in sports, society’s, or groups and taking charge of business meetings? When it comes to male dominance several ideas can go through your mind. Would you have thought outside the box and thought about servants or prostitutes? The Amish society and the

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Sofia PowersSolis-CohenEnglish 8-205 May 2015Change in AmishThe Amish culture thrives on rules and regulations, like many contained within the Ordnung, that have been followed for hundreds of years. However, as the modern world meets with their sheltered group, some standards have been changed. Many Amish, such as teens on Rumspringa sampling the “English” world have been tempted, and also farmers see economic reasons for reform after contact with the customs of this modern society. Despite

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belonging to the amish church is often viewed as extreme or harsh. The short documentary “Amish: A Secret Life” gives outsiders a glance into the world inside the church. The Old Order Amish Church forbids rejects most outside forces as they don’t fit with their ideals. Because of this, there is not many resources available for the use of non-amish to learn or experience true amish culture. This creates a lot of ignorance about the culture as a whole in mainstream society. “Amish: A Secret Life” enlightens

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The Amish microculture certainly has a very different and unique way of life compared to the average American citizen. The Amish live with no electricity or modern technology. Everything is old fashioned from riding around town in a horse and buggie, all the way to using lanterns for sources of light, The film Devil’s Playground documents the teens as they have a chance to leave this unique way of life to experience the lives of the average American teenager called rumspringa. This includes a life

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The Old Order Amish in North America are a religious group which originate from the radical Swiss Anabaptist movement (Amish, 2015). The amish religion was formed between 1525 and 1536 during the Reformation. The Amish is one of the three religious groups that have originated from the Anabaptist, along with Mennonites and Hutterites. There was two main waves in which the Amish immigrated to America is; between 1727- 1790, and between 1815-1865. The Amish immigrated to america from Switzerland

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The Amish way of living has quite a few cultural similarities to what they call the “English” way of living, except it is in more of a blunt manner. Our society (as what the Amish call, our “English” way of living) run on some of the same principles and moral values as the Amish community. Although, they are more united in their way of living and in their way of thinking as a community, we are more alike than what meets the eye.Yes, the Amish are completely different from the rest of the world;

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So far, all of this has been through the perspective of the Amish. Through their perspective, it’s easy to see why they want to remain outsiders to US society. However, what is the perspective of the US? What is it about it (and the outside world in general) that the Amish want to avoid?As stated earlier, US society is very different from the Amish. They have the latest technology. They have totally different values (whether it be good or bad). The society itself can be either be helpful or it

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rules and hold them to differing levels of importance , every group will have some that bear similarity, no matter how distinct and different the group may be, such as the Amish communities and the more modern society. Some organizations in the modern society have values that bear even more similarities with those in the Amish culture than others, for example some workplaces have a core value of humility which is the

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