Amish

Drug Addiction and Prevention Throughout this unit we have talked about many different cases of addiction, how the media portrayed them and the treatments that were proven successful, and unsuccessful, as a way to try and combat those addiction cases. One of the least effective portrayals of addiction was the novel Go Ask Alice, by author Beatrice Sparks (Google search: Go Ask Alice). This novel, in some very extreme case, could be plausible; but, all of the events that occurred to the main…

There are adoption centers all around the world that exist solely so that those who want to engage in the act of parenting can adopt parentless children. The opportunity to be a parent is so highly sought after that entire businesses are built around it; still the details of how to successfully fulfill the responsibilities themselves are unclear. In her Memoir, Virginia Woolf discusses her own childhood and how the parenting choices of her father positively impacted her. Woolf argues that…

Johnny is eighteen and has three siblings Pony, Mark, and Ruth. His parents names are Bertha and Bennie and he has been Amish since he was born. Johnny and his family live in Jamesport, Iowa. He finished school when he was in eighth grade and now he is a hay baler. You are an Amish backpack named Powercord. You were made in China out of leather. You don’t have a family because you are a backpack. For the last seven years you have been on a shelf in Walmart feeling unwanted. Until one day Johnny…

Diversity is a broad term in regards to that I believe everyone is different and offers a unique perspective. This ideology is brought forward through my major past experiences, such as living in a two parent home for twelve years and more recently living in a single parent home for the last five years. During the first twelve years of my life, my family went on bonding journeys through out the nation visiting every state except Maine or Alaska. My parents ability to offer this reality of…

beliefs, art. 2. Subculture- a group of people who are set apart from the dominant culture. For example, little Italy, China Town in New York City. 3. Counterculture- A group of people who practice the opposite of the dominant culture. For example, the Amish. 4. Cultural relativism- no culture is superior to the other, allow others to believe and be judged by their own standards. 5. Ethnocentrism- superiority over other cultural values, food, beliefs and judge them based on our own. For…

last part of the book were somewhat comical. The only story that I felt was significant was one about an Amish farmer in Pennsylvania. He owned a farm and a small store that sold his products from his farm. One of his most profitable product was raw milk. Raw milk is unpasteurized and most cannot drink it. The Amish have been drinking raw milk for as long as they basically have existed. This Amish man, who 's family 's livelihood depended on his farm and…

When talking about technology and culture there are two very different sides: The Amish and social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter. The Amish claim to live a simpler and easier life due to their lack of technology since they are not tempted to keep up with their second virtual life that social media can create. They idealize their situation due to the lack…

According to the Module 7 lecture, norms are implied through social influences and interactions. Norms can be explicit, that is, general rules that are known to everyone that's part of a group, such as not speaking during class when the instructor is giving a lecture. Norms can also be implicit, where the rules are not so obvious, such as taking a bite of your food before a prayer at the dinner table is said. By observing the way that others behave in a particular group setting, we learn what we…

Ulrich Zwingli, much like Luther, was affected by the writings of Erasmus and began to promote a protestant reformation in his home country, Switzerland. After earning his Masters of Arts degree from the university in Vienna, he began preaching in a church in Glarus, Switzerland. He spent time pouring over Erasmus’ translation of the New Testament and pouring into his congregation the meaning of Scripture. Zwingli’s services were much different than the mass spoken by the priests in Latin in…

arithmetic skills. The old women who teach them ensure that they are educated, but not overly so. The children are taught to believe that they should try to return to, and emulate, the way of the Old People. The technological status of Waknuk echoes the Amish in the United States during the eighteenth century. For example, the steam engine is considered an advanced and unusual technology in Waknuk. As for the people, they live in a constant state of anxiety. At any moment, one can be persecuted…