Shlichus Addiction?

[AsherO]

He ain't no mushroom. 

Those I called Mushrooms are doing nice work in CH. ALR doesn't need us for his Shlichus, and we don't need him for our frayaks.

#mytwocents

[lechatchileh ariber]

@Yehuda57 did I answer your q?

[Yehuda57]

@Yehuda57 did I answer your q?

Yes. Very nicely put, thank you.

[Ergel]

It's due to G-d that we wake up. It's due to the Rebbe that it's worth it.

Was this a serious comment?

[whYME]

I am quite confident that you would have done very well with or without going to PIT .... And if you would have had 3.97, or 3.89, or any other mark, do you really think it could have made a difference?

+100
I'm sure you would've done just fine. especially considering

It took some time in LA, but did catch up with the "Chicago guys" who had a very strong l"k background within a few months there.

Just like you cought up on limudei kodesh in a few months you could've caught up on limudei chol in a few months.

[lechatchileh ariber]

Yes. Very nicely put, thank you.

[Ergel]

It's due to G-d that we wake up. It's due to the Rebbe that it's worth it.

Was this a serious comment?

Bump

[thaber]

Bump

http://crownheights.info/chabad-news/10907/what-is-a-rebbe-special-for-chof-zayin-adar/ first answer will probably help you

[Yehuda57]

Bump

As written? Is facetious. Obviously it's worth it for G-d, as AsherO said.

But there is an appreciation and understanding of the Eibishter waking me up and my mission for waking up that provides motivation and passion that I get from chassidus and the Rebbe to which I'm referring.

[ExGingi]

Today's Hayom Yom is very relevant. We are all on Shlichus!

[MeirS]

Today's Hayom Yom is very relevant. We are all on Shlichus!

Is that the same for a שליח ציבור as well?

[ExGingi]

It took some time in LA, but did catch up with the "Chicago guys" who had a very strong l"k background within a few months there.

I don't think that I'd have a 3.98 mba gpa without having gone to pit, but who knows.

I met a friend on Friday who I haven't seen in a while, and my conversation with him reminded me of this post.

Last I knew about my friend's son, he was going to attend Chicago. I asked my friend where his son was nowadays. The response astonished me. He said that his son was at MIT. Now, I knew his son was very smart, but wasn't sure I heard correctly. I asked my friend what his son is doing at MIT, to which he responded that he's there for the second year studying math. He added that his son is, unfortunately, currently not שומר תומ״צ.

So here we have it, being able to go to a top university doesn't require wasting time on English studies during teenage years.

[ExGingi]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-27/want-a-1-million-paycheck-skip-college-and-go-work-in-a-lumberyard

So does one need English studies for good income?

[sky121]

Plenty of good jobs that don't require a degree necessarily but they still require learning a trade and having skills in x y or z. 

[AsherO]

I met a friend on Friday who I haven't seen in a while, and my conversation with him reminded me of this post.

Last I knew about my friend's son, he was going to attend Chicago. I asked my friend where his son was nowadays. The response astonished me. He said that his son was at MIT. Now, I knew his son was very smart, but wasn't sure I heard correctly. I asked my friend what his son is doing at MIT, to which he responded that he's there for the second year studying math. He added that his son is, unfortunately, currently not שומר תומ״צ.

So here we have it, being able to go to a top university doesn't require wasting time on English studies during teenage years.

If you're referring to who I think you're referring to, that guy is whip smart. Obviously the 4.0 GPAs don't have to learn "english" because they can teach themselves anything. The guy with the 95 IQ will never know math learn to read on an 8th grade level because he wasn't taught it in school.

[ExGingi]

The guy with the 95 IQ will never know math learn to read on an 8th grade level because he wasn't taught it in school.

That guy should definitely not be wasting his time learning English. He should be learning whatever he needs in order to be an ehrliche Yid, and learn a trade where he can earn a living doing what he enjoys.

[sky121]

That guy should definitely not be wasting his time learning English. He should be learning whatever he needs in order to be an ehrliche Yid, and learn a trade where he can earn a living doing what he enjoys.

For most trades learning English only helps you.

[a mirrer]

It took some time in LA, but did catch up with the "Chicago guys" who had a very strong l"k background within a few months there.

I don't think that I'd have a 3.98 mba gpa without having gone to pit, but who knows.

if it took you only a few months to catch up in Gemara maybe it would take you even less time to catch up in general studies

[jj1000]

I met a friend on Friday who I haven't seen in a while, and my conversation with him reminded me of this post.

Last I knew about my friend's son, he was going to attend Chicago. I asked my friend where his son was nowadays. The response astonished me. He said that his son was at MIT. Now, I knew his son was very smart, but wasn't sure I heard correctly. I asked my friend what his son is doing at MIT, to which he responded that he's there for the second year studying math. He added that his son is, unfortunately, currently not שומר תומ״צ.

So here we have it, being able to go to a top university doesn't require wasting time on English studies during teenage years.

Your conclusion from that story could just as easily be that if only he sent his kid to PIT where he would've seen you can learn English, maths, etc and be an erirliche yid, he'd still be frum...

[ExGingi]

Your conclusion from that story could just as easily be that if only he sent his kid to PIT where he would've seen you can learn English, maths, etc and be an erirliche yid, he'd still be frum...

IDK. The father told me what he felt was the trigger, and possibly in PIT things would have been better. But none of that has anything to do with learning general studies.

As several people pointed out here, from various vantage points, there's no justification to waste precious time during teenage years on general studies rather than learning Torah.