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    “The Devils Playground” the Amish youth are allowed out of their community to experience the world. The devils playground is known to the Amish as the “English world’. This process is known to the Amish as a runspringa. The purpose of this process is to give the youth a chance to decide whether or not they want to be Amish. According to the documentary this process can take anywhere from six months to two years depending on the person. Once a person accepts the Amish life they will get baptized and

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    Deviant behavior

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    Amish religion and beliefs. Jeniffer Ramirez Deviant Behavior Professor Kristine Empie South University June 9‚ 2014 There is several and different religions that most of us are not familiar with. When we investigate different types of religions and it helps us expand our knowledge and learn how many different religions and beliefs are out there? Amish (best known as Amish Mennonites) is a religion which most members stay isolated from today technology? Amish religion

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    How to Lead a Simple Life

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    those things where gone‚ would it peaceful for you? Without these gadgets the Amish cultures live a peaceful and fulfilling simple life. The Amish sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites‚ are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches. The Amish are known for simple living‚ plain dress‚ and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian

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    In the amish culture‚ primarily from eastern United states‚ it is customary for children growing older to be given the choice to partake in a coming of age period known as Rumspringa. This period is given to enable the teens to make a choice to stay amish or not. For those who chose to partake it usually involves the younger amish females being picked up by slightly older males and driven to a big party. They usually go from party to party the entire weekend‚ drinking lots of alcohol and some engage

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    Rumspringa

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    RUMSPRINGA NOTES: -Traditional Amish clothing for girls: long stockings‚ black shoes‚ very plain‚ solid-colored‚ long-sleeved dresses‚ and white bonnets to cover hair which is always pulled back. -“English” : non-Amish -“Rumspringa” : Running around -“Farmette” : homelands that have a vegetable garden and areas of pasture for horses and occasionally a cow. These areas are usually five to ten acres. -Amish girls’ hair has been uncut since childhood. Things such as cigarettes‚ alcohol‚ modern-day

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    Witness Speech

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    crime story with a love story‚ creating a dual narrative. The Amish element complicates the genres‚ which makes them both familiar and new. Good morning Mrs Goundar and fellow students. Peter Weir draws the audience into the world of film through various techniques to explore the clash of two worlds and forbidden love. Peter Weir has effectively conveyed the theme of clash of cultures by showing the power of loyalty within the Amish community in contrast to the deceit and betrayal which lies in

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    The Armish Research Paper

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    as heretics by both Catholics and Protestants‚ and many others fled to the mountains of Switzerland and southern Germany. Here began the Armish tradition of farming and holding their worship services in homes rather than churches. Although the Amish look like they stepped out of the rural nineteenth century‚ in fact they do change. Their lives move more slowly than ours‚

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    during adolescence translated in English is running around using some Amish and Mennonite communities the Rumspringa normally begins around the age of 14 to 16 And ends when a youth chooses baptism within the Amish church and still leaves the community the majority choose baptism and remain in the church Amish Elders generally view it as a time for courtship and finding a spouse In many communities‚ Rumspringa is a period when some Amish youth‚ boys more than girls‚ experience greater freedom. They are

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    It’s 2010 and the human species as we know is in a monumental technological crossroads. Globally‚ we have defined the age of technological and industrial growth. As a whole our society has always been improving on all of the technological inventions to provide the general public with seamless automated and convenient applications to our personal and work life. In the age of pin size microchips and artificial intelligence the sky is the limit to our advancement of faster and more integrated technology

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    The aim of this assignment is to compare the Amish and British Societies in respect of how norms and values are passed on through the family‚ how labour is divided in the family and to also compare the education of children in society. Both societies have similar backgrounds and routines‚ goals and aspirations‚ therefore this assignment will examine the similarities and differences. From a Sociological perspective‚ norms are described by Newbold et al (2008) as “guidelines for behaviour in a

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