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PEOPLE THAT LIVE SIMPLE LIVES
There is a common belief that a typical American is a loud person who
boasts of his possessions and owns the latest technology. But not all
people in America are like this.
The Amish are completely opposite. They don't have cars, they use
horses. They don't have TV sets either. In fact, they don't have electricity.
So they don't have radios, computers or anything electrical at all. They
don't use chemicals on their farms. Some people think they are backward,
but they just don't want to modernise their life. Besides American
English, they speak a local German dialect, often called Pennsylvania
Dutch. They don't like when people take their photographs. They say
photographs steal their souls. The Amish are farmers and they base their
life on the Bible. They don't want to be a part of the modern world
because it is too complicated and corrupt. The biggest Amish community
in the USA is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where there are 18,000 Amish
people.
The Amish came to America in the 18
th
century and since then their
lifestyle has not changed at all. They live independently in their own
community. They only have their own schools with only one or two
classrooms. They learn reading, writing, maths and morals. The big
difference from a regular American school is that they learn nothing about
the outside world and they do not continue their education after the age of
13. Amish life is very strict and modest. They try to be reserved and as
simple as possible. They think fashion is vanity. Their clothes are very
plain. The men and boys wear dark jackets and trousers, plain shirts and
hats. The women and girls wear long dresses and small bonnets. Women
don't wear jewelry or make up. They even don't wear clothes with
buttons.
Family life is very important for the Amish. They live in large families
and everyone helps each other with the work. The day starts when the sun
rises and it ends when the sun sets. The men and boys work in the fields
and the women and girls work in the house. When something big is
needed, such as a new barn, all the neighbours help to build it. While the
men and boys cut and lift the wood, the women and girls prepare the food
and look after the children. Nobody works on Sundays, because everyone
goes to church.

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