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Jilly_in_VA

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5. I'm aware of that

Reply to grumpyduck (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 30, 2021, 06:47 PM

Aug 2021

Most Mennonite kids here go to high school. However, I've been in places where very conservative Mennonite and Amish kids don't. They still use the public libraries and read a lot, which was why I objected to the classification of them as not being "literate". I suspect they read in Belize too.

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Meet Belize's secluded Mennonites, a community frozen in time [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 OP

How interesting. Thanks. shrike3 Aug 2021 #1

I would not want to be a child or woman in that kind of set-up. 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2021 #2

Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #4

Secondary education generally means grumpyduck Aug 2021 #3

I'm aware of that Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 #5