Basmelechpenima- academic is by no means a stira to being about growing in avodas Hashem. It CAN be– if the academics are made into the ????. Obviously it says ?? ????? ??? ????? ??? ?????. But just because the ???? isn’t the ????, doesn’t mean that it isn’t important to learn and to know!
Some girls need more hashkafa and less textual learning in order to grow in avodas Hashem. Others internalize lessons best when they learn quickly and learn a lot. Everyone has their own style which is best for them.
Personally, I know that although I love to learn on a high level, I needed a seminary that was not quite as academic in order to shift my focus from the ???? to the ????. If I had gone to BJJ or a similarly academic place, I would’ve been so focused on the academics that I would not have gained as much on a spiritual and emotional level.