Maalot Baltimore

Worst school I’ve ever gone to. Not only is the caliber of education extremely low, but they promote a closed-​minded, racist way of life. …
Teachers actually would rather discourage questions from students on a regular basis than admit that they didn’t know the answer to a question.
Maalot is the reason I decided not to be all that religious anymore – their fake brand of judaism tainted what judaism is supposed to actually be.
The principal there, Mrs. Rosenbaum, is by far one of the most ridiculous human beings I have ever met, and believe me, that’s saying something. She is rude, self-​centered, condescending, rather unintelligent, and just plain old irrational. She would rather spy on her students and punish them in a grand, public fashion for small infractions (watching a disney movie in the dorm, wearing a denim skirt on the weekend…) that have nothing to do with actual halacha (jewish law) and yet she feels it’s completely ok to tell a student that she won’t punish them for one of these imagined «infractions» if that student turns in another student who had been committing the same «crime». Pretty sure that’s considered to be a lot worse of an infraction than watching a disney movie would be…
I suffered through two whole years at this place, and the only thing I learned is that I would never want to emulate 90% of the «mentors» provided by Maalot. They were unethical, and I know for a fact that they helped to cover up abuse that took place. (I know the girl it happened to, and helped her through it at the time after she confided in me)