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Pretty spot-on observation.
It's tough for me to imagine the odern world being such a foreign concept. While I am happiest out in the mountains, countless miles from the nearest town...I still know my way around the city...it's just not my mainstay. I cant imagine how that all must look to someone with no exposure to technology or society outside their own hyper-religious, somewhat separatist community. Probably not so different from what rural Muslims in the ME might experience when exposed to the Western world. |
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When you enter basic American society with an 8th grade education and no sense of street smarts you may as well plan on a pretty rough life.
It depends on whether they've actually broken from the church, or going through their "wilding" phase. Most congregations of that church allow their young'uns to experience a year or two of non-church life, after which they may return to the church or make their own way in the world. Also, I'd bet that there is a 'community' of ex-Amish/Mennonite people to support them IF they wish to seek it out. (I've never watched the show so I don't know if these subjects have been mentioned. If it's a reality show, it's probably pretty selective about what they show.) |
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URL Fix http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/ ETA: Very true. Growing up near a couple of colonies gave me the same conclusion. The show consisted of 2 Amish women, 2 Amish men and a Mennonite woman. All of them seemed to have demons of some sort chasing them. The one with any kind of common sense was the youngest Amish woman and the younger of the 2 guys. Those two actually got married and joined a Christian church together somewhere in Eastern PA. I think these two have the best chance of survival in an English world. They will likely get support of some sort through their newly adopted church. The other 3 seemed adamant over not only leaving the Amish/Mennonite community, but entirely throwing religion out of their lives. The other 3 seemed lost, although the other Amish woman landed a job as a model of some sort. She was pretty but what do you do a couple of years when fresher faces appear and you only have an Amish education? The Mennonite woman was actually born into a non-Mennonite family and was adopted by a Mennonite couple as an infant and she seemed to be looking for an identity of some sort. The older Amish guy was an idiot of sorts, interested in all things non-Amish for all of the wrong reasons. I watched a few episodes and it was sad, really. I did watch the 2 reunion episodes when they had been on their own for a while and that's where I drew my conclusions. About the only things I can compare this to are Prince Harry and William because both of those guys had been born into something and are pretty much expected to behave themselves a certain way. I think for both of those two going into the military was the best thing they could have done to at least have something remotely resembling a semblance of normalcy. |