A novice with truth says: "I shall HEAR and OBEY God's Word alone". Then the novice is no longer a novice.
No, that is not the monastic practice and has not been for centuries. A monk or nun start on their journey by shedding pride and arrogance, and pledge to God a vow of obedience, chastity and poverty. They do so voluntarily. They can become bad monks and fall out, or young girls may progress to marriage, and in these cases they are let out of their vows. Those who persevere reach sanctity and join Christ in heaven. There is no happier life than theirs because they walk with God. This is how it has worked for centuries. It may look like old-fashioned to a Protestant but then Protestantism was never big on honor or honesty. Do not judge the world by your crooked yardstick; God made it straighter than you may imagine.