“And don’t think, “Well, I’m American, so of course I know English.” If you go to yeshiva in the tri-state area you don’t speak English.” 100%!!
FWIW, there is no way I would support a daughter whose husband has a poor attitude about the secular studies she has taken seriously in order to work and support her husband’s learning. And I won’t stand for my granddaughter’s father dismissing as unimportant her studies, either.