I once thought that every institution does the exact opposite of what it says it is intending to do. But at a certain point I saw [in the area of corporations] that this is not true for the long lasting quality institutions.
So what I suggest is that every institution has an area [penumbra] around it of opposing values. For example you go to what you think is a good Lithuanian yeshiva. You are probably right that if the reputation of the place is good then in fact it is. Stereotypes are always true. But right on the first day you walk in there is going to be some hasid who will have an unstated purpose to get you into his cult by hook or crook.
Other examples. Let's say you go to university for music. There will be the inner core. But just waiting on the outside will be the kelipa of anti-Music just waiting to catch the weak people,--and sometimes the strong.
The Kelipa in universities is in their social studies and humanities so it it is easy to avoid for STEM students.
[I have mentioned before that you might have had bad experiences in a Litvak Yeshiva. This might not have been from the above mentioned kelipa. The kelipa has no power unless you go after it yourself. Rather bad experiences are simply because of the Bell Curve. Of all institutions only the top ten will have any quality at all. The rest will be mediocre at best. This applies to yeshivas all too well.]
So what I suggest is that every institution has an area [penumbra] around it of opposing values. For example you go to what you think is a good Lithuanian yeshiva. You are probably right that if the reputation of the place is good then in fact it is. Stereotypes are always true. But right on the first day you walk in there is going to be some hasid who will have an unstated purpose to get you into his cult by hook or crook.
Other examples. Let's say you go to university for music. There will be the inner core. But just waiting on the outside will be the kelipa of anti-Music just waiting to catch the weak people,--and sometimes the strong.
The Kelipa in universities is in their social studies and humanities so it it is easy to avoid for STEM students.
[I have mentioned before that you might have had bad experiences in a Litvak Yeshiva. This might not have been from the above mentioned kelipa. The kelipa has no power unless you go after it yourself. Rather bad experiences are simply because of the Bell Curve. Of all institutions only the top ten will have any quality at all. The rest will be mediocre at best. This applies to yeshivas all too well.]
