Yabia Omer
My Rebbe told me that he holds like reb Meir Simcha bnogea yashan. He is only makpid on yashan when he (my American rebbe) is in dvinsk!
Remember the advice of mark twain..”never let schooling interfere with your education”..
Pick up a Nach with a good translation, read 2 perakim a day, and finish every 11 months…
in a few years you will be a baki…see the book the one minute masmid for excellent ideas of review…