SL613:
“I think that academic exposure is more important.”
What do you mean by that? It’s important to me exposed to knowledge?
ANSWER” My point…I dont think being aware of movies and pop music or sports is important. TV adds nothing. Sports adds little. However, the lack of a secular education (math and writing and even reading) is important — and it is not emphasized in all circles. in Israel, in the charedi world it is not emphasized at all for the most part. I think that even history and literature adds to a person. (There was a recent article — AMI i think about Rav Steinsaltz. They interviewed his son. HIs son said that they were expected as children to read. Two or Three books at a time. They werent expected to excel academically necessary but his father wanted to make sure they read (I think James Joyce, and other “classics”, as it were).
“There is a certain bluntness or agressiveness that i see in the charedi world (which is accepted there) that doesnt fit in the outside world. I could be wrong totally — but I see it on occassion”
There’s people everywhere in any society that can be blunt and aggressive. There’s many people with undiagnosed behavioral issues, mental disorders, and people who fall under the Autistic Spectrum who all can have tendencies to act that way.
I’m not sure what your point is. Do you think Bais Yaakovs teach young girls to be blunt?
ANSWER: I knew i should not have written this. I looked back at what i wrote – and I apologize. There is a different way of speaking — especially amongst men in the Yeshiva World. (It could be a “language thing” but i think its cultural). I cannot describe it. I see it. Its different and its not the way that the wolrd at large communicates. I cant do better than that. I apologize. Maybe if someone knows what im talking about they can help me. If not — ill just take it that im wrong. It does happen time to time. 🙂