MYP - Beyond the Pale of Judaism

To the Editor:

I want to contest one of the more ridiculous rules in Yeshiva University. Well, actually, my complaint is directed towards the Mazer Yeshiva Program (MYP). At the conclusion of each semester, when I attempt to register for the following semester, I have to go through the unpleasant process of getting my application signed by the MYP office.

Aside from having to trek from Rubin all the way to the Main Building, there are many other unpleasantries which I would like to bring to light. Now, I admit that my attendance for morning seder and shiur was not very good. In fact I never went. But that does not justify the treatment I receive each semester at the hands of the tyrannical MYP office.

I am threatened, each semester, without fail, by said office of the MYP. They tell me that I must do learning on my own over the summer. Does that make sense? When will they understand? I don't do any learning in YU, where many shiurim are provided each day. Why the hell would I learn on my own?

And over the summer no less.

They also tell me that I must take shiur the following semester for credit. This is just not fair. How can they make me learn for credit? Shouldn't all learning of Torah and gemarah be lishma? This is a question I've struggled with and have been unable to answer.

Finally they tell me that I can't graduate unless I start going to shiur. Now that doesn't make any sense. I have a perfect 4.0 grade point average. I am on the basketball, track, tennis, fencing, and wrestling teams. I starred in the play the past three years and I completed internships at the Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and many reputable establishments along 42^nd street. I got a 180 on my LSAT's and was accepted into the top five medical schools in the country (no, Einstein is not one of them) without having taken the MCAT's. No student has ever accomplished what I have, and they threaten me like this? If I don't get a YU diploma I am guaranteed a life of poverty and disappointment.

There is no reason for MYP to treat me in such a manner. I should be allowed to graduate. Though, I suppose I could always just transfer to BMP for my last semester. Anyway, the MYP rules need to change to fit the typical MYP student. Me.

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