Huh? Mandatory training. ... There will be ppl lining up in Lakewood if this becomes a thing.
It's not some silly job. It is assisting in kriyah , discipline etc etc.
And btw, the female assistants in Lakewood are not $12 an hour, and definitely not necessarily seminary girls.
In your dreams!!! You seem to be very unfamiliar with the system. By boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.
The difference in classroom settings in boys vs. girls will give you a better understanding. I will start by quoting someone who explained the trend in the education changes that are going on recently (Common Core etc.):
Education has gone from the teacher being;
a sage on the stage
to
the guide on the side.
This explains it very well in one line. While girls' schools had this approach for years (and increasingly with this trend) with all their activities, hand-on learning programs etc etc, there was very much room, and even a great necessity for assistants. Even more so, anyone right out of school was just right for the job and was even more wallet friendly for the school than their married counterparts.
Whereas, in boys' yeshivos the sage never left the stage. It's all about a lecture and chazzara and back to the lecture. Anything else is out the window. Hence, by boys, assistant = shlak shames. Period.
The only thing you may want to say is that some boys need help for chazzara, that's where the flood of private tutors comes into place. (IMO this was taken way out proportion. While many private tutors really do a phenomenal job, most just waste the kids' time, while the student would've been gaining far far more had he stayed in class. Part of a tutors job is to also know when NOT to pull the kid out of class. But don't get me started on the topic...
I've got a whole lot to say about it...
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