“More likely it is either a secular studies class or some sort of chumash class where the girls just memorize”
“which is at best, an intellectual stimulation”
This kind of hostile attitude towards learning (both kodesh and chol) and school is a big problem. It infects our children and gives them an excuse to neglect their studies and stunt their intellectual growth. For both Jewish men and women knowledge is needed to fulfill our roles in life.
As I showed above the “chasidim harishonim” certainly did not use prayer to escape learning.