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Amish Education
The education is strongly valued by amish people. Because of religious principles, they are exempt from the state compulsory attendance until the eighth grade. In this period, their education is basically writing, reading and mathematics, as well as they learning about amish amish history and values.
Schools are provided by many amish community. It’s common a local farmer donate land for a school house and the community will assist in building it. In general, the teachers are young women and they teach the children for a few years before marrying.
Finding good teachers is so hard and in some cases a local mother will have to add teaching to her list of responsibilities until they can find an older girl that will be able to teach well. It’s unusual that a man will take the responsibility of educating the children.
Schools are provided by many amish community. It’s common a local farmer donate land for a school house and the community will assist in building it. In general, the teachers are young women and they teach the children for a few years before marrying.
Finding good teachers is so hard and in some cases a local mother will have to add teaching to her list of responsibilities until they can find an older girl that will be able to teach well. It’s unusual that a man will take the responsibility of educating the children.
The children walk or ride pony carts to go to the school. And one of the older students will take a full sized buggy from home and pick up other children on their way to school, however it’s not regurlaly.
Some times, the parochial schools aren’t available. So, the children are sent to public school.
The education a big part of home life, where the children learn about farming and homemaking skills that are considered an important part of an Amish child's upbringing.
Posted by Janaína Lima.
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