You know you are teaching in the midst of Amish country when...
-you live 12 miles away from work and there are no stoplights on the "commute" to work
-you have a school fundraiser and there are twice as many buggies tied to the hitching posts as there are cars in the parking lot
-there are lots of homemade pies and cookies at said fundraiser
-you have 4 Yoders, 2 Bontragers, 3 Millers and 1 Mullet on your class roster
-you ask your students what work means to them and one boy responds "pulling the horse into the barn"
-the class is making a list of economic wants and needs; overalls gets put under needs
-your students come to school wearing stocking caps but no jackets
-the girls have to take off their coverings to put on the headphones during computer lab
-the principal rules out wheelbarrow races on field day because it's impossible for the girls to participate modestly
-the students are so well-behaved that if you would (hypothetically speaking, of course) leave your lights on in the parking lot at school, you could trust your class to do their work quietly while you leave the room for several minutes to turn them off
posted by Angie @ 9:19 PM
6 Comments:
Hahahahahahaha!!!! That is awesome. Are there fights at all at your school? I mean they are to be people of peace yes?
so have you ever, hypothetically of course, left your lights on? ;)
Hey dorcas--why didn't you tell me you had a blog? Dork! I can't read it right now 'cause i'm supposed to be working but I'll catch up soon.
to answer kevin's query: historically and in theory presently, they are a people of peace. that doesn't mean they can all articulate that doctrine or necessarily subscribe to it (especially in the second grade). in fact, i've heard some amish people speak very favorably about u.s. foreign policy (i.e. the war in iraq).
I forget where you're teaching. Is it in the Westview district?
Very nice blog. I happened here from a link from the Stacia's blog. I would like to read more of your stories, as I enjoyed immensely visiting the Amish in Pennsylvania. How very cool that you have the opportunity to be around people of such strong faith.
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