Friday 27 June 2008

Stand Up against Routine

i am writing today so that i would always remember the words of a great man. I thought the likes of this man no longer exist in our cruel world. This man is Dr Moustafa Yousef. His words gave me a new vision and a new prospective about my dreams.On June 26th, i traveled to Cairo to attend Wireless Sensor Networks Workshop at the Nile University. On our way back to Alexandria we had a friendly talk with Dr Moustafa. We talked about the educational system in Egypt. Dr Moustafa suffered a lot from this system but he always stood up against anything not logical. His purpose was to benefit students and to wake up their imagination after all these years of stupid education. This education made us stop thinking, all we care about is marks and being the first. We no longer care about helping others we turned into selfish ugly animals that find it ok to even harm others as long as it's in our benefit. Dr Moustafa explained that this is wrong, you will not benefit anything if others are not good, on the contrary you will harm your country and eventually yourself. All what matters is your grade but it won't make any difference if you got 99% or 86% as long as it is an A. He also said that it is so important to believe that you can make a difference in this world. You shouldn't be absorbed in the system. No you should stand up against routine you should do what's civilized. His words left a great impression on me.

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