This is me too. I went to Yeshiva from kindergarten thru high school but was taught ivrit b’ivrit in elementary school. I guess I missed the basics in the early grades and it was a snowball effect. I learned to read and pronounce the language properly but never really learned to understand or speak it well. Also back in my day, the rebbeim were old men who didn’t really motivate the kids to learn. BH the yeshivas today are much better in that respect.
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