Monday, August 20, 2007

MY OWN

Pauline Stevick in "Beyond the Plain and Simple" does excerpts from the letters of an Amish man she calls Reuben.


Horse and buggy travel is not seen as a handicap. The Amish
are forced to travel wisely; a taxi may be hired if necessary. Businesses
start small. By design they fill a niche that large corporations over-look or
cannot fill. Electronic marvels are rivaled by creative mechanical ingenuity and a dedicated work ethic...As for schooling, victims of today's corporate downsizing are acutely aware that job security is not an automatic adjunct to a degree.

Kraybill is not the only one who has drunk the kool-aid.

The problems of an eighth grade education aren't just about employment and Reuben knows it, but does he say peep about it? Noooo.

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