Bassem Youssef
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You must have been good. I was okay. I was cool. I was fun. There were people better than me, but I have a thing about teaching. I like teaching people.
You must have been good. I was okay. I was cool. I was fun. There were people better than me, but I have a thing about teaching. I like teaching people.
You must have been good. I was okay. I was cool. I was fun. There were people better than me, but I have a thing about teaching. I like teaching people.
It was a choice of exclusion. I mean, there's nothing else you can do with these high grades other than doctorate in engineering. I hate math, so go be a doctor. This is the Middle East. What do you expect? It's either, like in my joke, in my show, I said like there's, it can be one of three things in the Middle East, a doctor, an engineer, or a disappointment. That is the choices that you have.
It was a choice of exclusion. I mean, there's nothing else you can do with these high grades other than doctorate in engineering. I hate math, so go be a doctor. This is the Middle East. What do you expect? It's either, like in my joke, in my show, I said like there's, it can be one of three things in the Middle East, a doctor, an engineer, or a disappointment. That is the choices that you have.
It was a choice of exclusion. I mean, there's nothing else you can do with these high grades other than doctorate in engineering. I hate math, so go be a doctor. This is the Middle East. What do you expect? It's either, like in my joke, in my show, I said like there's, it can be one of three things in the Middle East, a doctor, an engineer, or a disappointment. That is the choices that you have.
So years after.
So years after.
So years after.
Can I tell you something? Yes. That actually I was thinking about why did I actually go into medicine? And why did I always choose the hardest thing although I didn't love it? And I have to tell you I had an epiphany only two weeks ago. And I don't know if that's actually related or not. You know, I remember when I told you I went to this school and I didn't have that much money.
Can I tell you something? Yes. That actually I was thinking about why did I actually go into medicine? And why did I always choose the hardest thing although I didn't love it? And I have to tell you I had an epiphany only two weeks ago. And I don't know if that's actually related or not. You know, I remember when I told you I went to this school and I didn't have that much money.
Can I tell you something? Yes. That actually I was thinking about why did I actually go into medicine? And why did I always choose the hardest thing although I didn't love it? And I have to tell you I had an epiphany only two weeks ago. And I don't know if that's actually related or not. You know, I remember when I told you I went to this school and I didn't have that much money.
And I didn't have the luxury of time or money to be with those people and do what they do. So by the time I finished school and everybody was going to university, oh, everybody in my school went to the AUC, the American University in Cairo. Of course, private, yeah.
And I didn't have the luxury of time or money to be with those people and do what they do. So by the time I finished school and everybody was going to university, oh, everybody in my school went to the AUC, the American University in Cairo. Of course, private, yeah.
And I didn't have the luxury of time or money to be with those people and do what they do. So by the time I finished school and everybody was going to university, oh, everybody in my school went to the AUC, the American University in Cairo. Of course, private, yeah.
like American education, party time, like, I mean, of course they're brilliant and everything, but they have, yeah, they have a different, you know, social life. And part of me now, I kind of like, I realize that just like very, very recently, Maybe I went to the hardest school ever so I don't have space to use other than studying. Because if I have that much space, what am I going to do with it?
like American education, party time, like, I mean, of course they're brilliant and everything, but they have, yeah, they have a different, you know, social life. And part of me now, I kind of like, I realize that just like very, very recently, Maybe I went to the hardest school ever so I don't have space to use other than studying. Because if I have that much space, what am I going to do with it?
like American education, party time, like, I mean, of course they're brilliant and everything, but they have, yeah, they have a different, you know, social life. And part of me now, I kind of like, I realize that just like very, very recently, Maybe I went to the hardest school ever so I don't have space to use other than studying. Because if I have that much space, what am I going to do with it?
I don't have that much freedom. I don't have that much money. I can't compete with those people going out. So maybe I need a solid excuse that I'm in a place where I don't have that much of a spare time.
I don't have that much freedom. I don't have that much money. I can't compete with those people going out. So maybe I need a solid excuse that I'm in a place where I don't have that much of a spare time.