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AviraDeArah
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Nom, i put it that way because that’s usually how these debates unfold, and this thread is a joke anyway.

Rav Belsky was neither; he had a nuanced shitah.

He held of high school english for the majority of talmidim, but for a minority which clearly demonstrate their ability and desire to learn all day, he would argue with parents to convince them to let their kids drop out of high school english, though I’m not sure at what grade he would allow/encourage it.

For the majority, he was against college, saying that high school was enough, and would discourage most from going, but would send a minority to jewish college programs.

So there were 3 levels:
Most overall should go to high school and not more; some should skip that, and others should even go to college.