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The Amish community is  living outside of modern society. We can't approach them, but
we can talk to their neighbors or former Amish people to learn more about their special
lifestyle.
They usually live in the United States or in Canada and have a simple and strict life
without modern technologies: no cars, no TV, and no cellphone but carts, wind turbines
and solar panel. With a strict reading and application of the new testament, they refuse
modern medicine or activities.
Their lifestyle is very severe and hard, families are usually composed of 8 children
and their only jobs are builders, farmers, shop owners and religious teachers. They
produce their food and milk thanks to their own cows.
At school, they learn how to write, read, spell, German, English, that's it. They help with housework.
Only some Amish leave the community and enter the modern world.
A former Amish girl Megyn Kelly told about her life with the community and, she said, she was not
happy because the Amish girls only do the washing up, make breakfast for the family
and milk the cows. They are only wearing long dresses and their hair is covered
with a cap. She was not allowed to smile or laugh, especially at church and she didn't
have fun. She wasn't correctly educated.: She thought the planet was flat and people
could fall off if they went as far as possible. She didn't know who the president was
and how many states there were.
The Amish community lives without any high-tech  but the new generation of Amish can change that. Whether they like it or not they are going to use, one day, some technological elements. The kids
can help the Amish to level up oron the opposite they can lead to the end of this lifestyle.

The Amish have been in America for a very long time about the 18^th century. Their religion is Christianity but they have a very strict interpretation of the Bible. They have Alsatian and Swiss roots and they also speak in an ancient Dutch dialect. The Amish people can only marry another Amish so they live in a very restricted circle. During Amish teenagers need to decide if they will be baptized and join the church, or if they want to leave the community (between 18 and 21 years old).

The Amish are against the modern world, they prefer to live like in the 19^th century. Thereby, they don’t use cars but carriages, don’t have phones or any technological devices from the 21th century. They have simple clothing, looking like clothes people were wearing in 18^th/19^th century. For instance, it is forbidden to wear pants for Amish women.

Today, they are now found in 30 states as well as Canada, and the largest Amish population is in Ohio.

They are farming to provide for their family and children.

Men are building the houses and the farms while women are taking care of the houses, the children and the animals.

The Amish community is today considered as a strict religious sect.