And who said that contemporary Bais Yaakov schooling comprises of rote memorization, or is preoccupied with developing an appreciation for the complexity of Torah? I for one had an overwhelming majority of “hashkafas hachaim” type classes. And how does instituting home ec classes and the like instead of those onerous classses where you do nothing but memorize zillions of Rashis and spit back endless “mi amar el mi”s fit into your point?
Incidentally, I do think it would be a totally cool idea to teach the Nineteen Letters at high schools. Do they, at any?