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    Not My Amish Father’S Wishes
    Not My Amish Father’S Wishes
    Not My Amish Father’S Wishes
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    Not My Amish Father’S Wishes

    By Marie Black

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    She grew up near Kokomo, Indiana in a small Amish community. At a young age she knew she wanted to go to college because she saw how her dad struggled to make ends met and feeding a family of six on a sixty acre farm wasnt an easy task.
    Her first obstacle was the fact she knew no English when she started school. This was her fault, her grandmother knew no English, and therefore she felt this wasnt a necessity. She soon realized her mistake and two weeks into the school year she knew how to speak English. German is the language spoken in the Amish homes as well as all the church services.
    She never lost her ambition of some day graduating from college. When she reached her late teens she was finally on her way to reaching her dream.
    She moved to Arizona where she was introduced to a Jewish family and in exchange for room and board she worked as a maid. For school money she baby sat in the evening and on the weekends. However, when she wanted to start college she encountered another problem. She had no high school diploma. The admissions director told her no diploma no college. There is a way to beat this situation; she just had to think outside the box. Her plan worked and five years later she graduated with honors from Arizona State University. Her next goal was to obtain an MLS and work in the Library of Congress.
    Her situation is unique because no one has been able to explain how you can earn a BA degree without a high school diploma. This is her first book and she was encouraged by her former One Stop counselor.
    She rejected her religion, but this foundation has sustained her life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateAug 9, 2011
    ISBN9781463425432
    Not My Amish Father’S Wishes
    Author

    Marie Black

    The author was born and raised Amish in central Indiana. Life in the Amish community may be fascinating to the out side world, but in reality it’s a harsh life because there are not modern convinces such as electricity etc. There is no education beyond the eighth grade because if the youth were allowed to continue their education the church would lose control and they would leave the faith. As a child she saw how her dad struggled to make ends meet because his education stopped at the eighth grade. She also knew her fate would be the same if she remained Amish. The author moved to Arizona in her late teens and eventually went to college and graduate with honors without a high school diploma. How did she accomplish this? She had to think out side the box. She wouldn’t recommend this idea because it’s by no means an easy task when you don’t have the basic educational foundation needed for college. Her next goal was an MLS degree and work in the Library of Congress. This however, was beyond her reach she explains why in her book. She met a young man in church and was warned he’s not for you. Did she listen? Had she listened she could have saved herself a lot of heart ache in the future. She knows what it must have felt like for the Jewish mothers during World War II when their babies were ripped from their arms. The same thing happened to her on a busy highway when the police ripped her son away from her and informed her you fight and you will go to jail. The author is thankful for her strong religious back ground because otherwise she wouldn’t have survived the messy divorce or life’s other problems.

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