Lifestyles of Amish people

Amish people

Philosophy

The Amish live a simple live without modern technologies and they desire an autonomous community. The Amish also do not believe in violence. They forbid violence and active military service and as the Mennonites and the Amish are both the descendants off the Anabaptist faith, they were closely related to each other.
Education

Education was not given to the Amish children when they were in eighth grade as they believe that the children only have to know the basic knowledge in order to prepare them for the Amish lifestyle. The Amish operates their own school, which are typically one-room schoolhouses with young unmarried ladies from the Amish community as teachers.

Work

Agriculture was the was the major part of the Amish lifestyle as the Amish believed that hard work for long hours will make farm life fruitful. Farming is not just a job or career for the Amish people. They treat it as a way of life anchored in Scripture, blessed by God and passed down many generations by the ancestors of the Amish, thus they treat farming very seriously.

Recreation

There are water sports available in the Amish country. They range from swimming in lakes and municipal pools to canoeing and boating. Hiking and biking are also able to carry out at the Amish country. People can also play golf at the golf courses available in the Amish country.

Reflection

I think that it is amazing to live in a place where there is no modern technology and yet they can still live there comfortably. The people there lived very peacefully together and they are devoted to their work. It is also interesting to find out that the people there play sport as a recreation and they are able to have fun. However, I find that if there is absence of modern technology, it will be hard for us nowadays as we cannot live without technology and we would not be able to work and learn without it, so removing technology from our lifestyle is equivalent to taking a major part out of our lifes.