Similarities within The Amish & College Students

The liminal period is very confusing to the Amish, because they truly are put out into a world culturally different from what they are used to and in the end they need to make a choice. Just like college students, college students  are given more freedoms and responsibilities and in the end also have to make a choice that predicts their future. They are both alike in a sense, they are both very confusing times for teens or adults going through this. They are given just enough freedom to experience life, but in the end have to become responsible adults and eventually make a choice. During Rumspringa the Amish have the opportunity to for once be an individual and experience life beyond the Amish church. During the college years, college students have the opportunity to live life and decide what they want to study and become. They are both very similar in the sense of freedom and decision making. This time can be very stressful and confusing, finding out what they truly want and not just what their parents want for them. They now have the right to decide for themselves in what path they choose for themselves.