http://www.kollelguy.com/twice-as-much-in-half-the-time From Kollel Yungerman to Happy Working Man - A Complete Guide Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:07:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kollelguy.com/twice-as-much-in-half-the-time/comment-page-1#comment-66 tzfatisha Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:27:01 +0000 http://www.kollelguy.com/?p=456#comment-66 if guys learning in yeshiva/kollel got the equivalent of a BA or MA/PHD after a certain length of time and they had to write commentaries or essays etc it might help people be more focused. if there were end of zeman exams/tests so they could actually see if they really understood it and remembered it, that would also focus the mind. especially if they had to get say 75% plus in each test/exam to continue to stay in yeshiva/kollel that would also help. i believe the current system is unjust to most guys as they don't really shine in kollel and at the same time they don't have jobs or a real focus in their lives. especially here in E"Y where some guys stay in kollel their whole lives, supported by family/stipend/wives etc, and don't really learn but don't work either. it's like everyone in the secular world trying to be a professor! it might be comfortable coasting along, like perpetual students do by staying in university half heartedly 'studying for a phd' but not really doing it, but it does noone any favours, least of all the students, and a lot of kollel guys are in the same boat. they would all be better off both spiritually, emotionally and financially by going out in the real world and getting a job/trade etc. not to mention they would give their hardworking wives and parents a break! if guys learning in yeshiva/kollel got the equivalent of a BA or MA/PHD after a certain length of time and they had to write commentaries or essays etc it might help people be more focused. if there were end of zeman exams/tests so they could actually see if they really understood it and remembered it, that would also focus the mind. especially if they had to get say 75% plus in each test/exam to continue to stay in yeshiva/kollel that would also help.
i believe the current system is unjust to most guys as they don’t really shine in kollel and at the same time they don’t have jobs or a real focus in their lives.
especially here in E”Y where some guys stay in kollel their whole lives, supported by family/stipend/wives etc, and don’t really learn but don’t work either.
it’s like everyone in the secular world trying to be a professor! it might be comfortable coasting along, like perpetual students do by staying in university half heartedly ‘studying for a phd’ but not really doing it, but it does noone any favours, least of all the students, and a lot of kollel guys are in the same boat.
they would all be better off both spiritually, emotionally and financially by going out in the real world and getting a job/trade etc.
not to mention they would give their hardworking wives and parents a break!

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