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A 7 page investigation of education as it exists among the Amish people. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Amish are not one culture, however, but several. Culture varies considerably, in fact, between various Amish representatives. This variance is reflected in some of the more visible aspects
of Amish life, one aspect of which is education. When considering education and the way that if varies among the Amish, it is emphasize that there are many distinctions
between various subcomponents of the Amish culture. The Amish are a devoutly Christian group that seek to separate themselves to a degree from the outside world. They originated
in Europe as members of the Mennonite Church which migrated to the United States, primarily to the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana areas, in the early 1700s. They were the
spiritual descendants of the 16th century reformer Menno Simmons. In 1697 Jacob Amman set out the major values for the Old Order of the Amish fold (Ediger, 2005).
The primary beliefs of the Amish revolve around the Bible, the major tenets of which include adult baptism, separation from the world, simplicity in all worldly things, and agrarian-based subsistence
patterns (Ediger, 2005). In addition to having a serious influence on other areas of their lives, each of these beliefs play a role in the way that the Amish
view and pursue education. The Amish believe in general that too much education is not a good thing. They believe that too much education establishes friction between those that
have pursued more education and those that have not (Dewalt, 2006). Consequently, they have long abided by a standard of schooling their children only until they are fourteen years
of age (Dewalt, 2006). This practice has been tested in US law and found permissible. Although the Amish themselves never pursue lawsuits because of their Christian belief that
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