That certainly didn’t happen where I went to school. We were taught every part of Klal Yisrael has a part to play and Yiddishkeit wouldn’t function without them all. There is no one way or correct way. We need Chasidim, we need Yeshivish, and yes we even need Torah im Derech Eretz Yidden. This just goes back to my OP. I thought as a kid all Jews could go to school together, play together, and respect each other. But as nicely or gently as people put it, it’s what I learned as I got older, that people need to divide themselves (or at least their kids) up based on petty little factors. Because since parents don’t know how to impart their Derech Hachaim to their kids in a manner that makes kids proud of it and want to live it they have to make sure their children aren’t exposed to anyone else’s.
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