Although both my parents were teachers I never dreamed to be like them. Nevertheless for several short episodes I was a sort of teacher. During my residency training I had several interns (MDs but had not taken the licensure exam) and clinical clerks (seniors) to bully around, heh. . heh. . heh. . . I'm not actually a very bad bully and not generous in giving out demerits and extra duties but I do feign anger and irritation now and then. But summer last year the daughter of an expatriate Internist was with us at the ER. She's in 3rd yr of medical school in Egypt and wanted to spend her summer to see what it is like in real life. So her dad asked if she can take histories, physical exams and some procedures. Instead of me quizzing her from time to time I found myself being quizzed and oftentimes my answers get misunderstood. It was only then that I learned that medical education in Egypt (and Syria, Jordan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sudan and many others) is called MBBS (Bachelor of medicine and Surgery) and is an under-graduate course unlike in my country where it is a post-graduate course. Technically they are not doctors since they do not have a doctorate degree and it explains the resentment of some 'doctors' when they see me affixing MD after my name. We got along well after that although I have to simplify my answers and she sometimes need long discourses before understanding some concepts a Filipino medical student learns prior to entering medical school. Nevertheless I cleared up some of her misconceptions and she was very useful with history taking (my arabic is still wanting).