But Amish young people face some choices that a lot of teens never have to consider. Growing up Amish is a in tradition. But for the Amish, education at eighth grade. You won't find a computer in this classroom and little beyond the three R's. It's to train them to be Amish men and .
Lessons are in English, but the are taught High German.
They already come to school knowing Pennsylvania Dutch, a hybrid dialect mixing English and German. All eight grades are taught in the same room with older students helping the younger . Some are smaller, some are bigger. I think they blend pretty well. Teachers themselves are usually between 18 and 23, not much older than the students.