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Decils Play Ground

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Submitted By Cynthiamx2
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Devil’s playground Devil’s playground is one of the most explicit documentary films I ever seem about the Amish community, this film is about the experiences of several Amish youths deciding whether to remain in or leave their community and faith. According to Devils Playground at the age of 16 , Amish youth are allowed to depart from many of the Amish rules. They called this period “ rumspinga” ,this is when they experience partying , drinking , illegal drugs end etc. For me it’s really shocking because not even in our community young people are allow to many of this things , for example , in our community you’re not allow to buy an alcoholic drink until the age of twenty one. Well I understand everybody have different believes and rules. Some teens in the film said that they will eventually become baptized as adults in the Amish Community. Some of them are scared of that because if they get baptized and then they leave church they could be rejected by family and friends that’s why many of them don’t do it right away. I think is really sad the way they live, even though many of the young people have cars and wear modern clothes also many of them experiment with drugs like one Amish boy, who turns to drug dealing. Many youth people experiment with so much of the “outside world” which is for them exciting and sometimes they like what is outside the Amish community and they decide not to return to their families but according to the documentary over 90% of Amish youth decided to join the church , returning to their communities and families. I think the Amish in one part are breaking the law. Too many young people drinking and doing drugs. This is not a normal behavior of the American teen. It’s like the parents are giving them false reality of how American youth are overall. If I had a young daughter I would not give her that kind of freedom like the Amish , but I would prepare her for what she is about to see when she attends college. One of the biggest problem , I would called it frustration is their lack of education and no desired to learn and grow. They live like it was in the 1800’s , no technology no nothing of the good stuff we have. I would probably go crazy if I join them for less than five days. On the other hand I’m happy for the kid with his girlfriend in Florida and for the girl who was accepted into college, those are part of the opportunities that those kids need.

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