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Actually, they don't. What they object to us schooling beyond the 8th grade. Amish kids, because they are hard workers and disciplined, generally are some of the best students in the school.
However, once you start high school, the curriculum teaches all sorts of things that of little use to a horse-farmer. They believe the schools romance English way of life, and expose Amish kids to members of the opposite sex that are non-Amish at a time in their lives when hormones are starting to flow.
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What do Amish children learn at school?
It all depends. Many Amish children attend rural public elementary schools and study the same curriculum as their classmates. If Bible classes are offered in on or off school property, they may attend these. If they attend a rural private school, their teacher is probably young and unmarried, with no teaching experience outside the Amish grade schools. He or she may not be Amish, however. School is taught in a one- or two-room setting with a basic curriculum of reading, writing, and arithmetic. Some Amish schools may offer history or science. All classes are conducted in English, which all Amish children learn by the time they are finished with first grade.
Do the Amish have detentions?
No. Amish schools do not have detentions. They spank the children.
What is a result of free exercise clause?
Amish children do not have to attend school past the eighth grade.
Who won Wisconsin v yoder?
Yoder won. The case was about forcing Amish children to attend high school against their religion.
Can Amish get medical care?
Yes, the Amish can and do get medical care for themselves and children.
Do the Amish say pledge of allegiance?
The Amish don't say The Pledge Of Allegiance. However in a public school and Amish child would say it.
What do Amish children study in school?
They study Amish culture and regular school subjects.
How many autistic Amish are there?
Autism is a spectrum. It's like asking "How many restaurants serve coffee that isn't hot?" A TSS who worked with autistic children in Lancaster County got upset when that Washington newspaper asserted that autism was unknown among the Amish. It's not. It is diagnosed less often, she admitted,but that's because, in her opinion, the Amish lifestyle is less stressful for kids. Many autistic kids are terribly upset by loud and busy environments. There's also a financial inventive for schools to get an autism diagnoses for kids that, in Amish schools, are simply considered, "all boy." It's probably as common in the Amish as in English populations.
What make Amish parents so sure that their children will ramin in the Amish community?
Amish parents really aren't so sure their children will stay. Ultimately it's their desire that all their children would join church, but they understand that it has to be each child's individual decision. Parents of children who fail to join church do not appear to carry a stigma in the community.
Is it true that Amish children only get an eighth grade education?
It is true that Amish children only get an 8th grade education, although in some cases, if more education is required, they can get a GED diploma.
How do Amish women have babies?
The same way everyone else does. A child is conceived during coitus.
When can Amish children quit schoool?
Usually around 8th grade.
