The Salt of Life

Alex is a pure activist, it is then his need to participate in social justice, which led him to type a keyword, on a very specialized internet newspaper: « Ecurie sociale ». « I wanted to get involved in the transmission but I did not want to participate in the paid system. So I came across the stable of Salim and Aïssa Grabsi and sent an email ». Email, well received. The team discovers a young man with very clear ideas who is destined for neurology or oncology: « Medicine is financed by the State and even if there is the stable of the faculty, fortunately moreover, I I find it a pity that one can only aspire to the profession of doctor if one has the means to finance a preparation. Doctors are paid by the taxes of all the workers of France, and I think that it would be normal that the we can select them not because they have had the means to afford a team, but simply because they are the best ». Alex himself had to make sacrifices when he competed. « Our means are not unlimited and, in my stable, I had to give up certain options which had to be compensated by hard, very hard work. Allowing those who do not have the means to prepare for this profession, it does not only benefit the students but the whole country because it will be a fairer, more equitable country. So I have chosen to participate in the action of this social stable, to put things back on an equal footing « .

Deciding on a job, fighting in a very modest environment to give yourself the best chance, overcoming obstacles alone, facing the judgment of others… Farès is acutely aware of this: « All this work is my mother who made it, not me ». His mother who, today, is head of department in a Marseille hospital. « Clearly, his career has facilitated mine. When we choose to take this competition, the whole family takes it with us and I was lucky to be accompanied in this reality by parents who learned the codes alone ». Farès was prepared in a traditional stable. « I doubled up with the social stable where I could call anytime in case of doubt ». Get up at 6am. Course work the day before until 8 a.m. 8 a.m. to noon: video course. One hour for lunch, morning class work until 4 p.m. 30-minute break and return to classes until 9 p.m. One hour for dinner and recovery until 11 p.m. Every day, the same program except Friday from 7 p.m.: « There, I was resting, I was seeing friends, I was watching a film… It was off. With hindsight, I am surprised at what I I did for a year. But at the time, you don’t even realize it ». The work paid off. In writing, Farès obtained an average of 16.6 and 90 places ahead. « This year was transitional. Admissions were split between those taking the exam for the first time and those repeating. It was a lot of stress. » Fares was received. He is destined for the profession of surgeon.