Amish

Forces maintaining cultural differences: In Amish culture, there are distinctive forces that differentiate from the modern world. The Amish people believe the tradition is valuable and therefore, they should live their life in traditional way. They think that technology creates confusion to their lives and bring negative effects. To them, jewelry, makeup, and nice clothes are vanity and invaluable. Thus, there are no electricity, automobile, and wear plain clothes necessary. Additionally, they…

Amy, Although I cannot speak for the Amish community in general, I can offer some information that I learned about the Amish community that I spent most of my life near. I lived 39 years in Ohio and interacted with a large Amish community on a daily basis. Like with any community, there is good and bad. Most people that I had the pleasure of dealing with were kind and respectful of others and was always willing to lend a helping hand. One never really knows what happens within a situation until…

The Amish are an American protestant group with over 200,000 members. The Amish people live in Pennsylvania and have settled from Europe back in the 18th and 19th century, largely to avoid religious persecution and compulsory military service. The Amish people have been living a simple lifestyle in accordance with their religious beliefs. The Amish are known for their restrictions on the use of modern devices such as cars and electricity. They separate themselves from the society for religious…

The Amish: An Intimate Society In author’s article “The Amish : An intimate Society” ,author claims that Amish is a unique self-contained community in the United states which is a religious group that break away from the Swiss Mennonite church. “Amish Country” is loos to be world away, Amish farmers use horses instead of reactors, I think it is not good ,because using horses is not convenient and poor efficiency to work with farm , on the contrary ,tractor has high efficiency. Lancaster Country…

Anishma Nair 20 October 2015 EngWr 302 T/TH 9am Proposal Draft Programmed Happiness Imagine living a life without technology, cars, or the little gadgets we take for granted in our everyday lives. I just described the life of the the Amish, who choose to live their lives without modern technology, something we cringe at the thought of. Since we are the generation that will have a panic attack without our phone, living such a life sounds impossible. In this day and age technology is all around…

The educational background and literacy of the Amish is an essential part of the assessment to deliver efficient care to the Amish community. The Amish practices in education is not as important as the other non- Amish community. For the Amish, the secondary education has no relevance for the everyday living. It is not that usual practice for the Amish to use progression of the technology. As part of the Amish cultural pattern of learning is through observation that assumes intergenerational…

The aspect of nutrition within the Amish culture is not vastly different from that of an average American. There are no foods that the Amish cut out of their diet due to religious purposes. The major difference between the diets of the Amish versus an average American diet is that the Amish grow everything and raise everything they put into their bodies. In the newer orders of the Amish, the New Order and the Beachy order, eating foods bought outside the farm is allowed. In fact, it is common…

is focused on the future (Hofstede, G., 2011). The Amish are willing to delay short-term material or social success or even short-term emotional gratification to prepare for the future. Since the Amish have this cultural perspective, they value persistence, perseverance, saving and being able to adapt (Hofstede, G., 2011). Viewed within the context of Amish history, the compromises are reasonable ways of achieving community goals. They bolster Amish identity while reaping many benefits of modern…

As described by Scribner, literacy has three metaphors, state of grace, power, and adaptation, and the Amish and Appalachian literacy experience all three metaphors. According to Fishman, Amish literacy integrated all aspect of life, but according to Purcell-Gates and Bagbahn, Appalachian literacy is not integrated all aspect of life. Amish family literacy encounter in their family, religious, recreational, educational, and economic activities. On other hand, Appalachian encounter literacy in…

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