Ali Abdaal

So if you're intelligent and you're in a public school or a regular school in the United States, it's very hard for teachers to serve you. Because they have to catch everyone. And that is a terrible way to create innovative thinkers, for example.

So if you're intelligent and you're in a public school or a regular school in the United States, it's very hard for teachers to serve you. Because they have to catch everyone. And that is a terrible way to create innovative thinkers, for example.

That is definitely the same in the United States. You'll get somebody who, I remember taking a math class. I'm not good at math. I'm never going to be good at math and I don't care, but thank God now. But in college, I took calculus and the person who taught calculus was a German guy with a really strong accent. Nobody knew what was going on.

That is definitely the same in the United States. You'll get somebody who, I remember taking a math class. I'm not good at math. I'm never going to be good at math and I don't care, but thank God now. But in college, I took calculus and the person who taught calculus was a German guy with a really strong accent. Nobody knew what was going on.

That is definitely the same in the United States. You'll get somebody who, I remember taking a math class. I'm not good at math. I'm never going to be good at math and I don't care, but thank God now. But in college, I took calculus and the person who taught calculus was a German guy with a really strong accent. Nobody knew what was going on.

There were kids that were so good at it, they could just do these crazy math problems in their head and they were like, this is so stupid and easy. Then there were people like me who are like, I don't get it. And you'd go talk to that teacher and he would just be like, it's so hard for me to explain this. I'm like, it's literally your job to explain this, man.

There were kids that were so good at it, they could just do these crazy math problems in their head and they were like, this is so stupid and easy. Then there were people like me who are like, I don't get it. And you'd go talk to that teacher and he would just be like, it's so hard for me to explain this. I'm like, it's literally your job to explain this, man.

There were kids that were so good at it, they could just do these crazy math problems in their head and they were like, this is so stupid and easy. Then there were people like me who are like, I don't get it. And you'd go talk to that teacher and he would just be like, it's so hard for me to explain this. I'm like, it's literally your job to explain this, man.

I'm like, try it in German because I spent an exchange year in Germany. So I'm having this guy tell me in German and he's like, oh, I'm so glad I can tell you this in German. And I'm thinking, holy crap, the requirement to understand the teacher is knowledge of a foreign language. This is the University of Michigan, man. I should be able to take this class and understand it.

I'm like, try it in German because I spent an exchange year in Germany. So I'm having this guy tell me in German and he's like, oh, I'm so glad I can tell you this in German. And I'm thinking, holy crap, the requirement to understand the teacher is knowledge of a foreign language. This is the University of Michigan, man. I should be able to take this class and understand it.

I'm like, try it in German because I spent an exchange year in Germany. So I'm having this guy tell me in German and he's like, oh, I'm so glad I can tell you this in German. And I'm thinking, holy crap, the requirement to understand the teacher is knowledge of a foreign language. This is the University of Michigan, man. I should be able to take this class and understand it.

And he's like, he was very candid because he was German. He's like, look, I'm here because I'm doing research with this well-known professor. They're making me do this. It sucks. And I thought, really glad I'm paying $40,000 a year to learn from somebody who resents the fact that they even have to teach.

And he's like, he was very candid because he was German. He's like, look, I'm here because I'm doing research with this well-known professor. They're making me do this. It sucks. And I thought, really glad I'm paying $40,000 a year to learn from somebody who resents the fact that they even have to teach.

And he's like, he was very candid because he was German. He's like, look, I'm here because I'm doing research with this well-known professor. They're making me do this. It sucks. And I thought, really glad I'm paying $40,000 a year to learn from somebody who resents the fact that they even have to teach.

Yeah, I can. So imposter syndrome is essentially thinking I'm a fraud. Everybody else is better than me who's around me at this particular time. So low performers or average people, like if you talk about this concept at a high school, they won't know what you are talking about because teenagers are young and they haven't really hit this yet. And also it's just a high school.

Yeah, I can. So imposter syndrome is essentially thinking I'm a fraud. Everybody else is better than me who's around me at this particular time. So low performers or average people, like if you talk about this concept at a high school, they won't know what you are talking about because teenagers are young and they haven't really hit this yet. And also it's just a high school.

Yeah, I can. So imposter syndrome is essentially thinking I'm a fraud. Everybody else is better than me who's around me at this particular time. So low performers or average people, like if you talk about this concept at a high school, they won't know what you are talking about because teenagers are young and they haven't really hit this yet. And also it's just a high school.

So they're like, whatever, I don't have this problem. When you go to a place like Harvard or Apple or an Ivy League school or an advanced law school or a medical school, when they do sort of hand-raised polls, how many of you think, I don't belong here, maybe, it's only a matter of time until somebody finds me out? You'll see like 95% of the hands go up. How can that be true?

So they're like, whatever, I don't have this problem. When you go to a place like Harvard or Apple or an Ivy League school or an advanced law school or a medical school, when they do sort of hand-raised polls, how many of you think, I don't belong here, maybe, it's only a matter of time until somebody finds me out? You'll see like 95% of the hands go up. How can that be true?

So they're like, whatever, I don't have this problem. When you go to a place like Harvard or Apple or an Ivy League school or an advanced law school or a medical school, when they do sort of hand-raised polls, how many of you think, I don't belong here, maybe, it's only a matter of time until somebody finds me out? You'll see like 95% of the hands go up. How can that be true?