pba: No, I didn’t accuse you of gaava. I simply didn’t understand what these things are about, and that was my question: what is it, and what do you do? Nice and simple.
But either way all you’re doing is making generalizations right now. I kind of was also, I know, and I apologize. However, what you said just now is a disservice to all of the balabatim who make it their business to learn as much as they can in addition to their busy work schedules. They are not all amaratzim.
And I don’t know where you did your program, but it isn’t fair to call them amaratzim unless they fit under the descriptions of the tannaim who said that, among other things, an am haaretz is someone who doesn’t put on tefillin or have a mezuzah, doesn’t teach his children Torah, etc. It doesn’t mean “doesn’t learn in kollel.”