However, to insist all seminaries as “brainwashers” merely because they espouse a hashkafa that you disagree with is intellectually dishonest.
As I have said earlier, I have no problem with a Bais Yaakov that honestly espouses its world-view.
When a teacher says “when you go to college, you will see the full extent of this concept” odds are that he is not intentionally trying to brainwash his students to go to college; he is simply speaking from his assumptions.
Agreed. IMHO it is not brainwashing/mind control to state that a concept will be understood more in higher learning, no less than a Rebbe bringing up the Pashut Pshat in Rashi and saying there is a deeper Pshat.
Now, I do agree that the BY system should be more open to answering questions, and should perhaps inform its students of financial the realities of kollel life; but that doesn’t make the entire system “brainwashing”.
Agreed. This does:
My seminary principal and many teachers tried the first technique of brainwashing, saying when you’ll be teaching and supporting your husband you’ll appreciate this tip giving a random money saving tip in a random lesson.