Since this has devolved into a debate about Chassidic secular education, can anyone name any Chassidic schools that are proud of their secular studies department? I’d be interested to know.
I’m not sure why everyone is blasting “more”, even if his comment may have been uncalled for. He’s certainly correct about not sweeping things under a rug, and I cannot personally recall meeting any chassidic-educated person who, straight out of school, could speak English as properly as his/her non-Chassidic counterparts. I’m sure there could be, and there are certainly many successful Chassidic-educated business-people.
The point is, though, is that $3,800 getting you a real education, so it is a basis for comparison for this discussion, or is it essentially babysitting as he alleged, in which case it is not comparable to the other schools which have serious secular studies departments?