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mytake: If you weren’t raised in the Satmar community, how do you know she’s lying? It’s well known that Satmar keep many more chumros than almost anyone else, especially when it comes to women. You say she’s lying about not being able to eat out. How do you know? Maybe in Satmar communities this is true? Just because it wasn’t the case for you with your chassidus doesn’t make it a lie.
I’ve also heard about women not being allowed out after a certain hour. Do you say it’s a lie because she said it’s a new thing? Is it really an old thing?
As for the reading level, I’ve seen it! I had a teacher in high school who also taught at a Satmar yeshiva. He was supposed to teach English. He told us it was the biggest joke. Only 2 kids even showed up to class every day (out of 25-30 kids, I don’t remember exactly), and they barely spoke any English. The principal even told him the kids wouldn’t be interested in showing up, and that they didn’t need to learn English when they knew Yiddish. I think the only fallacy in her line there was saying “Most girls graduate”. I think they don’t get that far.