Differences Between Amish And Australia

My experiences as an Australian adolescent greatly differs to that of an adolescent Amish individual. The differences are shown through the societal concepts such as gender, technology and identity. In addition, factors such as education and family show the contrast the contrast between the two cultures. The Amish are a religious group that hold many beliefs that differ to the average Australian, for example how the gender roles and family norms are more progressive in Australia and how they affect us, How the education systems are different, And how Technology affects our identities.

Amish gender and family roles differ to Australians due to the fact that the Amish are more traditional and Australians are more progressive. A typical Amish

An Amish father/husband has the expectation to make the money for the household and is head of the household holding all the power over the family. Amish children tend to play board games or with dolls that come as either male, female or with no faces. They don’t often play with toys but instead they play outside and do chores as a family with the jobs decided on if they are female or male. Australian gender and family roles greatly differ to the Amish. Australia has progressed with gender and family roles over time meanwhile the Amish had stayed the same with their gender and family roles.Australian families come in many different forms such as nuclear families, step families with divorced parents, same sex marriages, adopted / fostered kids, single parents, none to heaps of kids, other family members as parents, friend co-parenting. These different forms of family show the development of Australian society. As an Australian adolescent my experience with gender and family roles are at a micro level as it was a topic that wasn’t spoken about and was seen and interacted with daily. This was shown in my own micro experience as my household growing up displayed the

The Amishs children are taught in one room schools by an unmarried young lady until 8th grade then their formal education is no longer required. Students are taught the basics of reading, math, writing and will occasionally learn about history, geography, social studies, art and science. The Amish students are then taught three different languages of Pennsylvania Dutch, High German and English to help be successful in the Amish community and help do business with the outside world. Students also are required to do chores at school that involve sweeping, bringing wood in, cleaning the chalkboards and desks and emptying trash cans. After students finish 8th grade they embark on apprenticeships that focus on agricultural or craftsmanship skills. Once the Amish students finish school and turn 16 the rules change and they are encouraged to experiment and explore things of the modern world. This gives the Amish kids the sense of identity and find who they are and want to be instead of being forced into a religion they don't want to be a part of. The Australian education system deeply differs from the Amish. Australia education begins at kindergarten at the age of 4-5 and you finish in your seniors at the age of 16 depending if you have a full time job or not at. The education can continue to university or tafe which differs on what